Sunday, March 27, 2016

Hamilton's refugees

Hamilton is a great city, I was born there. A city full of culture and kindness. Hamilton was one of the first cities to agree to accept Syrian refuges and the hotels only happy to oblige. The refugees arrived, checked into the hotels and began their long and difficult integration into the wonderful Hamilton culture. But soon after their arrival they were told to pack up and get ready to move to Niagara, because, Garth Brooks was arriving for 4 concerts and the hotels had rented out their rooms. We are ok with the refugees, especially when there are empty hotel rooms, but we obviously prefer Garth Brooks. What a great first lesson we taught the refugees about our Canadian culture and hospitality. Good thing there wasn't a hockey tournament going on in the area otherwise we could have sent them packing, back to Syria.

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