The path has allowed tens of thousands of refugees to enter Canada, prompting calls from Quebec Premier, Opposition Leader to close it
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, facing calls for action on the unofficial border at Roxham Road in Quebec, says his government is working to close it through talks with the United States.
During a news conference in Richmond Hill, Ont., on Wednesday, Mr. Trudeau said talks on the issue are focused on the Canada-U.S. Safe Third Country Agreement, but he declined to get into specifics. Mr. Trudeau said, without providing specifics, that his government is looking at spreading the protections that happen at border crossings around safe third country to happen between border crossings.The issue appears likely to be in play next month when U.S. President Joe Biden is scheduled to make his first official visit to Canada.Roxham Road within 30 days.“Could someone put up barricades and a big wall? Yes.
“Quebec has taken on a completely disproportionate share of asylum seekers in Canada. Since the fall of 2022, we have seen the rate of arrivals increasing and this influx cannot continue. Quebec’s capacity to take care of the asylum seekers has now been largely exceeded,” Mr. Legault wrote in a column in The Globe and Mail published this week.
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