Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly said Thursday Canada will stand firm on its plan to rein in the number of newcomers entering the country, despite concerns that Donald Trump’s re-election could spur an influx of migrants from the United States.
Minister of Foreign Affairs Melanie Joly arrives to a caucus meeting on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024. Joly says Canada will stand firm on its plan to reign in the number of newcomers despite concerns about an influx of migrants following the re-election of U.S. president Donald Trump. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Anti-immigration policies and rhetoric during his first administration prompted a surge of migrants into Canada, in particular at a rural border road in Quebec. NDP MP Jenny Kwan said Ottawa needs a plan that will prepare for an influx of migrants in a humanitarian way.Following Trump’s win, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau revived a Canada-U.S. relations cabinet committee that hadn’t met since Trump left office in 2021. Immigration Minister Marc Miller and Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc, who is responsible for the Canada Border Services Agency, are among its members.
“Once again, the government is refusing to acknowledge an obvious and very serious situation,” he said, and called on Ottawa to staff up at border entry points.Last year, when President Joe Biden was in Ottawa, he and Trudeau announced a deal to amend the Safe Third Country Agreement. That policy means asylum seekers are not eligible to make a claim if entering either country from the other, but previously it only applied at official border crossings.
“It doesn’t mean that some people will not leave, possibly, but I think the nature of the action by the Trump administration will determine whether people change their intentions about staying in the country or not,” he said.
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