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Mainstreet Answers Government's Call to Help Syrian Refugees with Offer of at Least 200 Apartment Units
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\n\nMainstreet Answers Government's Call to Help Syrian Refugees with Offer of at Least 200 Apartment Units\n\n/* Style Definitions */\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMainstreet Answers Government's Call to Help Syrian Refugees with Offer of at Least 200 Apartment Units\nCanada NewsWire\nCALGARY, Nov. 25, 2015\n\n\n\nCALGARY, Nov. 25, 2015 /CNW/ - Mainstreet Equity Corp. (TSX: MEQ), Canada's leading real estate corporation on the TSX, specializing in mid- market apartment building in Western Canada, today responded to the Trudeau government's detailed announcement of the national Syrian refugee project with an offer to allocate at least 200 apartment units to house refugees. The apartments are in Saskatoon, Calgary, Edmonton, Lethbridge, Surrey, Abbotsford and New Westminster.\n\nThe offer was made this week by Bob Dhillon, founding Chief Executive Officer of Mainstreet, to the office of the Hon. John McCallum, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship. This is one of the largest offers of housing yet to be made by a private sector company to assist the Federal government in welcoming 25,000 refugees by March. Depending on the size of the families who are assigned to Mainstreet units, the 200 units offered may ultimately house hundreds of refugees.\n\nAt this point the size of the discount has not yet been finalized. But it will be made clear once the full details of Ottawa's involvement are made known including the type of program applying to each refugee. The rental discount could come in the form of an upfront rent-free period or discounted rent for a period of time.\n\nMr. Dhillon said: \"As an immigrant to Canada, and an apartment owner, I felt compelled to do this for the refugees as they embark on the road to better lives in our beloved country. I firmly believe gestures like this ultimately help not only the people in need but, as Prime Minister Trudeau has said, we also contribute to the economic growth of Canada by supporting these families who, as workers, will help to build the economy. Immigrants are absolutely essential to build the fabric of the ne...