Everything Is Political With Evan Solomon

On the Show: John McCallum, Mostafa Askari, Geoff Norquay, Susan Smith, Jen Hassum Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Minister John McCallum says 25,000 Syrian refugees will be brought to Canada from Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey by Jan. 1, 2016, but that's only the lower limit. He says he hopes more refugees will be settled in Canada through private sponsorship as well, but how, and how much it will cost is still unanswered. Assistant Parliamentary Budget Officer Mostafa Askari says it will be very difficult for Justin Trudeau's Liberals to balance the budget by 2019 as promised in their election platform with the new figures coming out of the PBO, which show GDP levels down $20 billion a year caused by low oil prices and weak manufacturing. In the War Room, Geoff Norquay of Earnscliffe Strategy Group, Susan Smith of Bluesky Strategy Group and Jen Hassum of the United Steelworkers debate the dumping of 8 billion litres of raw sewage into the St. Lawrence River in Montreal, the PBO report, a Bombardier bailou