A resolution calling upon the Government of Canada to set an example for all countries by giving priority to the immigration of refugees from European DP camps, was adopted at the eleventh annual conference of the Canadian Jewish Congress central region held here.
In a resolution on Palestine the conference urged the British Government to honor the Balfour Declaration and appealed to the “conscience of the world” to implement the League of Nations pledge to create a Jewish homeland in Palestine. The resolution also condemned terrorism “committed by unbalanced groups” in that country.
At a meeting in Winnipeg, Resources Minister J.A.Glen asserted that “we have already done more than any other country so far in assuming the responsibility of taking refugees from Europe,” adding that changes in Canada’s immigration policy are in the making and will be announced shortly. Before any mass immigration could be allowed, it must first be established how many persons can be absorbed without creating difficulties for the Dominion, he declared.
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