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(Dr) Ezza Ibrahim – he is a scientist with a PhD not an MD but he’s elderly and refers to himself as “doctor”. He’s a volunteer trying to arrange for Syrian refugees to come to Wpg but struggling with federal rules for sponsoring refugees from Syria – they have to be family members and can only come from Jordan or Lebanon. If the government really wanted to help, the rules wouldn’t be so restrictive. Ibrahim sponsored a family of Vietnamese Boat People in the 1970s – and wonders why Canada opened its doors to tens of thousands of them but only 1300 Syrians are allowed to come to Canada – IF they meet the requirements. For sanders story running Tuesday. March 31, 2014 - (Phil Hossack / Winnipeg Free Press)