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Ever since Trudeau Sr. no province has ever had the ear of Ottawa in the way Quebec does. With the possible exception of the Harper govt's tenure.Ahead of this year's gathering of the Council of the Federation, chair and Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston sent a letter to Trudeau asking him to do a better job of engaging with the premiers and to "refrain from unilateral actions in areas of provincial and territorial jurisdiction, particularly in health care, education and housing."
Premiers gather in Halifax with a message for Trudeau: stick to your lane — CBC News
As the premiers gather in Halifax this week for their annual summer meetings, they're sending Prime Minister Justin Trudeau a unified message: stay off our lawn.apple.news
Canada’s premiers are in Halifax this week for the Council of the Federation conference, where Quebec’s François Legault says it’s clear the current situation in his province must change.
Legault has said he plans to discuss the issue of asylum seekers with his fellow premiers. The Quebec premier told reporters he "clearly" wants to see some claimants move to other provinces.
"We really need to decrease the number," he said, adding that around 190,000 asylum seekers enter Quebec per year.
Also on board with this issue is Alberta Premier Danielle Smith.
While Alberta and Quebec share an interest in having the federal government support asylum seekers in Canada, Smith says Alberta doesn’t have Ottawa’s ear on this matter the way Quebec seemingly does.
Equalization, asylum seekers reform on the agenda as premiers meet in Halifax | Globalnews.ca
Quebec's premier wants to bring the issue of asylum seekers to the attention of his fellow provincial leaders.
Yukon. NWT NunavutCanada's premiers have agreed to Quebec's request to stand together and call on the federal government to more evenly distribute asylum seekers across the country?????
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But Quebec Premier François Legault wouldn't say on Tuesday which provinces have accepted to take on more would-be refugees????? Maybe the ones other than Quebec that’re receiving funds to deal with them…which would be just Quebec?????
He told reporters at a meeting in Halifax of Canada's premiers that Quebec can no longer support the high number of asylum seekers who have arrived in recent years.
Legault says other provinces showed an "openness" to taking in more, but he wouldn't name them?????
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and B.C. Premier David Eby both said during a Tuesday press conference that they're already facing similar pressure from immigration, and didn't commit to taking more people.
Legault said he hopes asylum seekers could be transferred from Quebec to other provinces (?????) in the coming months, and warned that the return of former U.S. president Donald Trump to the White House could lead to a new influx of would-be refugees?????
Statistics Canada says there were 597,000 non-permanent residents in Quebec in the second quarter of 2024, including 190,000 asylum seekers.
Manitoba, N.L., only provinces to offer publicly to take asylum seekers from Quebec — The Canadian Press
HALIFAX - The premiers of Manitoba and Newfoundland and Labrador are so far the only leaders to publicly volunteer to take in asylum seekers to ease pressure on Quebec, despite a joint call from all premiers for would-be refugees to be distributed more evenly across the country.
The Liberal Wet dream sure is messy to clean up.
