Feds will offer visas to 1,000 Gazans with family in Canada. This lawyer says that's not enough

• 11 months ago
• Radio
• Duration 6:55

The federal government says it will bring 1,000 people from Gaza to Canada under its new extended family program. Immigration lawyer Yameena Ansari advocated for the policy, but says it falls short. She told As It Happens guest host Megan Williams putting a cap on visas will leave "hundreds, if not thousands of Palestinian Canadian families out in the dust."