With the arrival of Donald Trump at the White House, François Legault expects a rush of millions of illegal immigrants. The Prime Minister sends the Sûreté du Québec to monitor the borders.
“I think things will change in the coming months. Mr. Trump seems determined to act on two fronts. First, impose tariffs on products that are imported into the United States, second, deport millions of illegal immigrants,” he warned Tuesday, at the end of a first meeting of his ministerial working group. Quebec-United States.
“There is a real risk that ‘illegal’ Americans will rush towards the Canadian and Quebec border in the coming weeks,” added François Legault.
The Prime Minister fears that Canada will become “a sieve” and asks his counterpart Justin Trudeau to protect the borders. He repeated that Quebec has already exceeded its reception capacity with 600,000 temporary immigrants.
François Legault has already asked his Minister of Public Security to provide a weekly situation report. Provincial police will do “visual surveys” of the lines. “They have the capacity to act,” he assured. The SQ bloodhounds are in close contact with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), but also with the states of New Hampshire, Maine, Vermont and New York.
Jobs under threat
But jobs are also threatened. “If there are tariffs on products exported from Quebec to the United States, that would mean job losses. So I think it risks stirring things up,” agreed the Prime Minister.
He assures that his government is preparing several scenarios to counter the harmful effects on the Quebec economy. François Legault also promises to continue to fight for supply management.
According to him, we must question the relevance or not of negotiating directly with the Americans, without going through the Canada-United States-Mexico Free Trade Agreement.
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