OTTAWA — Canadians are split over the federal government’s plan to take in 5,000 Gazan refugees and doubtful that the newcomers are being thoroughly screened by government officials, according to a new Postmedia-Leger poll.

Forty-two per cent of Canadians support the government’s decision to raise the cap on refugee admissions in response to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, while 44 per cent oppose the action. Sixteen per cent say they don’t know enough about the policy to support or oppose it.