They should make a reception area in a Toronto airport hangar (heated to 15*) and fed at a soup line.
They can sleep on mattresses on the floor.
Canada should charge the refugees a daily floor space rental.
The refugees are being accommodated for a day or two in commercial hotels and the facilities given a government per diem rate obviously.
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Privately sponsored refugees will typically continue travelling to their destination community either as soon as they land or the next day, Chan said. Government-assisted refugees could face delays getting to their destination communities.
??If their destination community is not yet ready to receive them, their onward travel could be delayed up to a few weeks. Until communities are ready to receive them, most will be accommodated in interim lodging sites,? Chan said.
Six sites have been identified at Canadian Forces Bases Kingston, Valcartier, Meaford, Petawawa, Trenton and Borden. If activated, the sites would be run jointly by the Red Cross and the federal government.
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