Hi, Work Farce.  Yup, read the article.  No question: Nabel's family have been treated well--certainly compared to how they were treated elsewhere (Syria, Jordan)  I'm not sure "middle-class family...in Syria" can be compared to "middle-class family" in Canada.  Not sure it was, as you put it, "an easy life," either.  Suspect not.  If so, they had a more to lose than some--and lost it all.  

I suspect also that the "tens of thousands" waiting 5-10 years for a subsidized place in Toronto STILL have it better than what happened to Nabel and his family.  Agreed?  You very nearly became homeless--well, Nabel DID become homeless.  He and his family lost everything.  Did you? No. You found an apartment and didn't even leave the city. Nabel's family left everything behind--country, city, friends, relations, customs, food, dress.  Did you?  Not likely. 

That's my point: you cannot compare your experience with theirs.  No born-in-Canada citizen can.

Comments on Isreal are just...off-topic.