Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Minister Marc Miller speaks during an announcement in the Foyer of the House of Commons, in Ottawa, Thursday, May 23, 2024.
B.C. Premier David Eby was “confused” about the facts when he criticized the federal government this week for giving Quebec $750 million to manage asylum seekers, Immigration Minister Marc Miller said Tuesday.Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Minister Marc Miller says the $750 million the province of Quebec is getting will help the province settle asylum seekers. B.C.
After that announcement, Eby told a news conference marking the end of the annual Western Premiers' Conference in Whitehorse that the funding being directed to Quebec had come "at the expense" of the West. "When you talk about volumes, it's important to disaggregate it because not all of them are necessarily comparable," Miller said. "Let's not confuse apples and oranges.
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