
Trudeau suggests Ford doesn't understand refugee obligations after premier says Ottawa should pay for 'mess'
TORONTO — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is suggesting Ontario’s new premier doesn’t fully understand Canada’s international obligations when it comes to dealing with refugee claimants.
Trudeau met with Doug Ford in Toronto this afternoon, and said afterwards he spent some time explaining to the premier how the asylum-seeking system works.
Shortly before the meeting, the provincial government said Ottawa is to blame for a housing crisis caused by people crossing the border illegally and should pay all the costs.
A spokesman for Ford said the federal government has encouraged people to cross into Canada illegally and continues to usher people across the U.S.-Quebec border into Ontario.
“This mess was 100 per cent the result of the federal government, and the federal government should foot 100 per cent of the bills,” Simon Jeffries said in a statement.
The federal government recently pledged to give Ontario, Quebec and Manitoba $50 million to help offset some of the costs incurred due to the influx of asylum seekers illegally crossing the Canada-U.S. border.
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