Most immigrants with deportation letters are still in Canada
Most people living in Canada who have been sent deportation letters in the past eight years are still in the country, according to official figures disclosed by the Canada Border Services Agency.
The figures show that 14,609 people were sent letters informing them they are facing deportation between 2016 and May last year.
But 9,317 of those were still living in Canada last year, including 2,188 people sent deportation letters in 2016 and 2017.
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Most people living in Canada who have been sent deportation letters in the past eight years are still in the country, according to official figures disclosed by the Canada Border Services Agency.
The figures show that 14,609 people were sent letters informing them they are facing deportation between 2016 and May last year.
But 9,317 of those were still living in Canada last year, including 2,188 people sent deportation letters in 2016 and 2017.
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Court says Trudeau, justice minister 'failed' Canadians by letting judicial vacancies build up
A scathing Federal Court decision says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the federal justice minister have "failed" Canadians seeking timely justice by letting the number of judicial vacancies reach a state of crisis.
The case, brought forward by human rights lawyer Yavar Hameed, sends a clear message to the federal government about the urgent need to reduce the number of vacancies.
Last spring, Chief Justice Richard Wagner sent Trudeau a letter warning of an "untenable" situation in Canadian courtrooms.
Richard Wagner said.
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A scathing Federal Court decision says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the federal justice minister have "failed" Canadians seeking timely justice by letting the number of judicial vacancies reach a state of crisis.
The case, brought forward by human rights lawyer Yavar Hameed, sends a clear message to the federal government about the urgent need to reduce the number of vacancies.
Last spring, Chief Justice Richard Wagner sent Trudeau a letter warning of an "untenable" situation in Canadian courtrooms.
It is imperative for the Prime Minister's Office to give this issue the importance it deserves and for appointments to be made in a timely manner …The government's inertia regarding vacancies and the absence of satisfactory explanations for these delays are disconcerting.
Richard Wagner said.
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🩺 Feds offer loan forgiveness for some doctors, nurses
In a bid to increase the number of doctors and nurses practising in rural and remote areas, the federal government said Tuesday it's increasing forgivable loans for some students.
Employment Minister Randy Boissonnault said Ottawa is offering a 50 per cent increase in forgivable loans for doctors and nurses who work in rural and remote communities.
Boissonnault said up to $60,000 will be forgiven for a family physician or family medicine resident, and up to $30,000 for a nurse or nurse practitioner with a Canada Student Loan.
An estimated 3,000 doctors and nurses will benefit from the program this fiscal year, Boissonnault said.
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In a bid to increase the number of doctors and nurses practising in rural and remote areas, the federal government said Tuesday it's increasing forgivable loans for some students.
Employment Minister Randy Boissonnault said Ottawa is offering a 50 per cent increase in forgivable loans for doctors and nurses who work in rural and remote communities.
Boissonnault said up to $60,000 will be forgiven for a family physician or family medicine resident, and up to $30,000 for a nurse or nurse practitioner with a Canada Student Loan.
An estimated 3,000 doctors and nurses will benefit from the program this fiscal year, Boissonnault said.
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💰Toronto city council approves 9.5% property tax hike, along with $20M police budget increase
Toronto city council approved the city's largest property tax hike in more than 25 years on Wednesday, along with a $20-million increase to the police budget.
At a special budget meeting on Wednesday, council voted in favour of a 9.5 per cent residential property tax hike, a rate proposed by Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow.
Chow told reporters.
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Toronto city council approved the city's largest property tax hike in more than 25 years on Wednesday, along with a $20-million increase to the police budget.
At a special budget meeting on Wednesday, council voted in favour of a 9.5 per cent residential property tax hike, a rate proposed by Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow.
Eighty cents extra a day, folks can afford it. Those that cannot will have a tax cancellation and tax deferral program to assist them.
Chow told reporters.
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🏠📈 Rent hits another record high in January as average asking price reaches $2,196
The average asking price for rent in Canada reached $2,196 in January, a 10 per cent increase from this time last year — marking another record high amid a deepening rental crisis.
According to data released Wednesday, the average asking price of rent went up by 20 per cent (or $373 per month) compared to rental prices from January 2020, two months before COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns began.
🔹Vancouver had the highest average asking price for one-bedrooms at $2,683, with Burnaby, B.C., close behind at an average asking price of $2,551, followed by Toronto at $2,511. Saskatoon was the least expensive city for a one-bedroom rental, with an average asking price of $1,192.
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The average asking price for rent in Canada reached $2,196 in January, a 10 per cent increase from this time last year — marking another record high amid a deepening rental crisis.
According to data released Wednesday, the average asking price of rent went up by 20 per cent (or $373 per month) compared to rental prices from January 2020, two months before COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns began.
🔹Vancouver had the highest average asking price for one-bedrooms at $2,683, with Burnaby, B.C., close behind at an average asking price of $2,551, followed by Toronto at $2,511. Saskatoon was the least expensive city for a one-bedroom rental, with an average asking price of $1,192.
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👨Immigration surge fuels male population boom in Canada
An influx of new immigrants is shifting Canada’s gender ratio, as a higher share of male newcomers helps squeeze the female majority to its smallest margin in decades.
The population of adult men grew 3.4 per cent over the past year, while women rose 2.9 per cent, making the spread between the growth of the two groups the widest in nearly 50 years of records.
The gap is even larger in the 25-to-44 age group, in which men have seen a 4.8 per cent jump and women a 3.9 per cent increase. There are 141,000 more men than women in this age bracket as of January, compared with a long-run average difference of zero.
The figures highlight the country’s changing demographic trends due to its liberal immigration policy.
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An influx of new immigrants is shifting Canada’s gender ratio, as a higher share of male newcomers helps squeeze the female majority to its smallest margin in decades.
The population of adult men grew 3.4 per cent over the past year, while women rose 2.9 per cent, making the spread between the growth of the two groups the widest in nearly 50 years of records.
The gap is even larger in the 25-to-44 age group, in which men have seen a 4.8 per cent jump and women a 3.9 per cent increase. There are 141,000 more men than women in this age bracket as of January, compared with a long-run average difference of zero.
The figures highlight the country’s changing demographic trends due to its liberal immigration policy.
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🇨🇦🇺🇦 Canada spends another $60M for Ukrainian F-16 training
Canada is cutting another cheque for $60 million to train Ukrainian pilots to fly the F-16, Defence Minister Bill Blair announced Wednesday as allies gathered in Brussels ahead of NATO ministerial meeting.
The contribution follows the federal government's announcement last month of a $15 million donation to pay for civilian pilot instructors from Montreal-based Top Aces Inc.
The F-16s are being donated by Norway, Denmark and the Netherlands.
Canada does not operate the U.S.-manufactured warplane but they are used by Top Aces, a private company that offers a wide range of fighter jet instruction.
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Canada is cutting another cheque for $60 million to train Ukrainian pilots to fly the F-16, Defence Minister Bill Blair announced Wednesday as allies gathered in Brussels ahead of NATO ministerial meeting.
The contribution follows the federal government's announcement last month of a $15 million donation to pay for civilian pilot instructors from Montreal-based Top Aces Inc.
The F-16s are being donated by Norway, Denmark and the Netherlands.
Canada does not operate the U.S.-manufactured warplane but they are used by Top Aces, a private company that offers a wide range of fighter jet instruction.
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Activists storm Freelands's office demanding climate laws for banks
Climate activists barged into Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland's Toronto office on Thursday demanding the government announce climate-related regulation for banks in its 2024 budget.
Greenpeace activists carrying sleeping bags staged a sit-in protest in Freeland's office, while the minister was not in her office.
Greenpeace Canada's senior energy strategist Keith Stewart said in a letter addressed to Freeland that the organization is concerned that the federal government is delaying or rolling back long-promised climate policies and not advancing new ones to achieve the Liberal government's 2050 net zero goals.
The letter also demanded no more delays or "watering down of the regulations" related to oil and gas emissions and the phase-out of fossil fuel-powered cars and light trucks by 2035.
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Climate activists barged into Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland's Toronto office on Thursday demanding the government announce climate-related regulation for banks in its 2024 budget.
Greenpeace activists carrying sleeping bags staged a sit-in protest in Freeland's office, while the minister was not in her office.
Greenpeace Canada's senior energy strategist Keith Stewart said in a letter addressed to Freeland that the organization is concerned that the federal government is delaying or rolling back long-promised climate policies and not advancing new ones to achieve the Liberal government's 2050 net zero goals.
The letter also demanded no more delays or "watering down of the regulations" related to oil and gas emissions and the phase-out of fossil fuel-powered cars and light trucks by 2035.
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🪖Poilievre says he would 'cut wasteful foreign aid,' work towards NATO spending target
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is pledging that a future government would cut what he calls "wasteful foreign aid" and would not allow funding to go to "dictators, terrorists and multinational bureaucracies."
He made the comment Thursday in response to a question about his position on NATO's military spending targets, as ministers from the military alliance meet in Brussels.
The Conservative leader's office says a future Poilievre government "will work towards meeting Canada's NATO spending commitment" of two per cent of its GDP.
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Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is pledging that a future government would cut what he calls "wasteful foreign aid" and would not allow funding to go to "dictators, terrorists and multinational bureaucracies."
He made the comment Thursday in response to a question about his position on NATO's military spending targets, as ministers from the military alliance meet in Brussels.
The Conservative leader's office says a future Poilievre government "will work towards meeting Canada's NATO spending commitment" of two per cent of its GDP.
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🏠 Investors account for 30 per cent of home buying in Canada, data show
Investors have become more prevalent in Canada’s housing market, accounting for 30 per cent of all residential real estate purchases in the first part of this year, according to new data.
Over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, investor buying has grown as soaring home prices ramped up interest in residential properties as an asset class.
Investors were responsible for 30 per cent of home purchases in the first three months of the year, according to data released by the Bank of Canada. That is up from 28 per cent in the first quarter of last year, and 22 per cent in the same period in 2020.
The central bank defines an investor as a buyer who took out a mortgage to buy the property while maintaining a mortgage on another home.
Meanwhile, the percentage of first-time homebuyers shrunk to 43 per cent in the first quarter of this year from 48 per cent in the same three months in 2020. Similarly, repeat buyers fell to 27.5 per cent from 30 per cent over the same period.
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Investors have become more prevalent in Canada’s housing market, accounting for 30 per cent of all residential real estate purchases in the first part of this year, according to new data.
Over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, investor buying has grown as soaring home prices ramped up interest in residential properties as an asset class.
Investors were responsible for 30 per cent of home purchases in the first three months of the year, according to data released by the Bank of Canada. That is up from 28 per cent in the first quarter of last year, and 22 per cent in the same period in 2020.
The central bank defines an investor as a buyer who took out a mortgage to buy the property while maintaining a mortgage on another home.
Meanwhile, the percentage of first-time homebuyers shrunk to 43 per cent in the first quarter of this year from 48 per cent in the same three months in 2020. Similarly, repeat buyers fell to 27.5 per cent from 30 per cent over the same period.
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Non-binding Commons vote calls for feds to revise immigration quota
A call from the Bloc Quebecois to revise current immigration quotas within 100 days was approved in a non-binding vote in the House of Commons.
MPs voted 173 -150 in favour of the Bloc’s motion, with only the Liberals standing against the idea.
The motion asked that cabinet meet with premiers “to consult them on their respective integration capacities” and “table in the House within 100 days a plan for revising federal immigration targets in 2024 based on the integration capacity.”
Canada currently has an annual quota of 500,000 immigrants in addition to 227,000 annual permits for temporary foreign workers and 983,000 foreign students.
said Bloc Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet.
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A call from the Bloc Quebecois to revise current immigration quotas within 100 days was approved in a non-binding vote in the House of Commons.
MPs voted 173 -150 in favour of the Bloc’s motion, with only the Liberals standing against the idea.
The motion asked that cabinet meet with premiers “to consult them on their respective integration capacities” and “table in the House within 100 days a plan for revising federal immigration targets in 2024 based on the integration capacity.”
Canada currently has an annual quota of 500,000 immigrants in addition to 227,000 annual permits for temporary foreign workers and 983,000 foreign students.
This used to be a Quebec thing. People used to say Quebeckers were against immigration because they were racists. Now people in Toronto are saying they are having problems managing the volume of immigrants.
said Bloc Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet.
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💰Feds won't pause carbon price despite inflation
The federal government is ruling out any future pauses or exemptions to the carbon price, despite still-high inflation numbers contributing to the cost of living, according to Government House Leader Steven MacKinnon.
On Tuesday, the federal government announced a rebrand of its highly controversial carbon-pricing program, changing the name of the quarterly rebate from the Climate Action Incentive Payment to the Canada Carbon Rebate.
There are no changes to how the federal fuel pricing system and corresponding rebate will actually work, but the Liberals argue the new name will make the program easier for people to understand.
The rebranding announcement came ahead of a planned April 1 increase to the carbon price.
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The federal government is ruling out any future pauses or exemptions to the carbon price, despite still-high inflation numbers contributing to the cost of living, according to Government House Leader Steven MacKinnon.
On Tuesday, the federal government announced a rebrand of its highly controversial carbon-pricing program, changing the name of the quarterly rebate from the Climate Action Incentive Payment to the Canada Carbon Rebate.
There are no changes to how the federal fuel pricing system and corresponding rebate will actually work, but the Liberals argue the new name will make the program easier for people to understand.
The rebranding announcement came ahead of a planned April 1 increase to the carbon price.
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🌱💸 GST on Carbon Tax to cost Canadians $486M this year
A recent report from the Parliamentary budget officer has made it clear how much the GST on the Carbon Tax is costing Canadians.
This year alone, the GST on Canada’s Carbon Tax will cost taxpayers $486 million. Over the next eight years, the number reaches $6 billion.
Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound MP Alex Ruff tabled a private member’s bill to remove the GST from the Carbon Tax last October. He knows it is very unlikely to make it through Parliament, but he believes the most recent report from the Parliamentary budget officer makes it clear what the Carbon Tax is.
Ruff said.
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A recent report from the Parliamentary budget officer has made it clear how much the GST on the Carbon Tax is costing Canadians.
This year alone, the GST on Canada’s Carbon Tax will cost taxpayers $486 million. Over the next eight years, the number reaches $6 billion.
Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound MP Alex Ruff tabled a private member’s bill to remove the GST from the Carbon Tax last October. He knows it is very unlikely to make it through Parliament, but he believes the most recent report from the Parliamentary budget officer makes it clear what the Carbon Tax is.
The Carbon Tax is a tax plan, not an environmental plan. The government has yet to meet an emissions target, so why are we punishing Canadian taxpayers with a tax on a tax?
Ruff said.
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🏳️⚧️🚫Nearly half of Canadians support banning surgery and hormones for trans kids
Nearly half of Canadians believe gender reassignment surgery for minors should be prohibited and support bans on hormone prenoscriptions for children, according to a new national survey of more than 2,000 Canadians.
🔹45 per cent Canadians support a blanket ban on gender reassignment surgery for minors, the most popular response in the category, while 11 per cent agreed that minors should be permitted to undergo gender reassignment surgeries “without the need for parental consent.”
🔹42 per cent support a ban on puberty blockers and hormone therapies for children aged 15 and under, apart from those who have already begun the intervention.
Slightly over a quarter (26 per cent) of Canadians felt that such medical interventions, when paired with parental consent, were appropriate. Only 11 per cent supported access to such care without any parental oversight.
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Nearly half of Canadians believe gender reassignment surgery for minors should be prohibited and support bans on hormone prenoscriptions for children, according to a new national survey of more than 2,000 Canadians.
🔹45 per cent Canadians support a blanket ban on gender reassignment surgery for minors, the most popular response in the category, while 11 per cent agreed that minors should be permitted to undergo gender reassignment surgeries “without the need for parental consent.”
🔹42 per cent support a ban on puberty blockers and hormone therapies for children aged 15 and under, apart from those who have already begun the intervention.
Slightly over a quarter (26 per cent) of Canadians felt that such medical interventions, when paired with parental consent, were appropriate. Only 11 per cent supported access to such care without any parental oversight.
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📈 Ottawa sees 19 per cent increase in reported hate crimes in 2023, police say
The number of reported hate crimes in Ottawa increased 19 per cent in 2023 from the year before, according to Ottawa police.
The Hate and Bias Crime Unit investigated 460 reported incidents in 2023, including 344 criminal and 116 hate-motivated incidents. That's up from 377 total incidents, including 300 criminal and 77 hate incidents, reported in Ottawa in 2022.
According to police, the "most serious violations" were mischief to property, threats, assault, harassing communication and theft under $5,000.
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The number of reported hate crimes in Ottawa increased 19 per cent in 2023 from the year before, according to Ottawa police.
The Hate and Bias Crime Unit investigated 460 reported incidents in 2023, including 344 criminal and 116 hate-motivated incidents. That's up from 377 total incidents, including 300 criminal and 77 hate incidents, reported in Ottawa in 2022.
According to police, the "most serious violations" were mischief to property, threats, assault, harassing communication and theft under $5,000.
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Canada holds 'workshops' for Indian officials on rule of law
Canadian officials are offering their Indian counterparts "workshops" on the rule of law — at least as Canada sees it — even as tensions over Sikh separatism flare up.
senior bureaucrat Weldon Epp told MPs this month.
Canada has had "long-standing exchanges" with India on counter-terrorism concerns, Epp said, but what New Delhi considers Khalistan extremism doesn't always meet the Canadian bar.
For example, Canada opted twice against extraditing Hardeep Nijjar, Sikh community leader killed in June 2023, to India in the past decade over claims he had a role in a cinema bombing and an alleged terrorist camp.
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Canadian officials are offering their Indian counterparts "workshops" on the rule of law — at least as Canada sees it — even as tensions over Sikh separatism flare up.
How India defines extremism or even terrorism does not always compute in our legal system.
senior bureaucrat Weldon Epp told MPs this month.
Canada has had "long-standing exchanges" with India on counter-terrorism concerns, Epp said, but what New Delhi considers Khalistan extremism doesn't always meet the Canadian bar.
For example, Canada opted twice against extraditing Hardeep Nijjar, Sikh community leader killed in June 2023, to India in the past decade over claims he had a role in a cinema bombing and an alleged terrorist camp.
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📉 Canada's inflation rate slowed to 2.9% in January
Canada's annual inflation rate slowed to 2.9 per cent in January, mostly due to a deceleration in the price of gas, according to data from Statistics Canada. Economists were expecting the rate to come in at 3.3 per cent.
Gas prices fell four per cent year over year in January after gasoline drove headline inflation up in December, due to what economists call a base-year effect (the impact of comparing prices in a given month to the same month a year earlier).
The core inflation rate, which strips away gasoline and other volatile sectors, was 3.2 per cent.
While groceries are still getting more expensive, prices grew at a slower rate in January, Statscan said.
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Canada's annual inflation rate slowed to 2.9 per cent in January, mostly due to a deceleration in the price of gas, according to data from Statistics Canada. Economists were expecting the rate to come in at 3.3 per cent.
Gas prices fell four per cent year over year in January after gasoline drove headline inflation up in December, due to what economists call a base-year effect (the impact of comparing prices in a given month to the same month a year earlier).
The core inflation rate, which strips away gasoline and other volatile sectors, was 3.2 per cent.
While groceries are still getting more expensive, prices grew at a slower rate in January, Statscan said.
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Prime Minister in Vancouver Tuesday to make housing announcement alongside Eby, Sim
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is in Vancouver today, set to make a housing-related announcement alongside Premier David Eby and Mayor Ken Sim.
Trudeau's public itinerary says he'll make the announcement this morning, and then head to a local high school to meet with students before an event at a community centre with seniors in the afternoon.
Eby said last week at a housing-related news conference he recently spoke with Trudeau about B.C.'s housing initiatives and there appeared to be federal interest in what the province was planning.
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is in Vancouver today, set to make a housing-related announcement alongside Premier David Eby and Mayor Ken Sim.
Trudeau's public itinerary says he'll make the announcement this morning, and then head to a local high school to meet with students before an event at a community centre with seniors in the afternoon.
Eby said last week at a housing-related news conference he recently spoke with Trudeau about B.C.'s housing initiatives and there appeared to be federal interest in what the province was planning.
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🇨🇦🇺🇦 Canada to donate 800 drones to Ukraine: Blair
Canada will donate more than 800 drones to Ukraine as part of an additional aid package to the country, Defence Minister Bill Blair announced on Monday.
The drones, worth an estimated $95 million, are paid for by the $500 million package unveiled by the prime minister during his visit to Kyiv last June.
Since February, 2022, Canada has spent $9.7 billion supporting Ukraine, including $2.4 billion on military aid.
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Canada will donate more than 800 drones to Ukraine as part of an additional aid package to the country, Defence Minister Bill Blair announced on Monday.
The drones, worth an estimated $95 million, are paid for by the $500 million package unveiled by the prime minister during his visit to Kyiv last June.
Since February, 2022, Canada has spent $9.7 billion supporting Ukraine, including $2.4 billion on military aid.
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Ottawa owes Quebec $1 billion to cover costs of asylum seekers, Legault government says
Quebec has reached a breaking point in its ability to provide essential services — from education to social assistance — to thousands of asylum seekers arriving in the province, and Ottawa needs to act to take control over the borders, the Legault government said Tuesday.
Canadian Relations Minister Jean-François Roberge, flanked by three other ministers, told reporters at a news conference where the Legault government upped the pressure on Ottawa to act.
They said Quebec has had to provide the equivalent of $1 billion in services over the last three years to manage the influx. Ottawa has paid $140 million to Quebec but it is not enough, the ministers said.
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Quebec has reached a breaking point in its ability to provide essential services — from education to social assistance — to thousands of asylum seekers arriving in the province, and Ottawa needs to act to take control over the borders, the Legault government said Tuesday.
People need to be aware of the magnitude of the situation.
Canadian Relations Minister Jean-François Roberge, flanked by three other ministers, told reporters at a news conference where the Legault government upped the pressure on Ottawa to act.
We need the federal government to assume its responsibilities. This cannot continue. If we are unable to provide services we are approaching what could become a humanitarian crisis.
They said Quebec has had to provide the equivalent of $1 billion in services over the last three years to manage the influx. Ottawa has paid $140 million to Quebec but it is not enough, the ministers said.
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