Pierre Poilievre accuses Justin Trudeau of having “broken” the border with the United States, to the point where provincial premiers like François Legault must take matters into their own hands to reassure Donald Trump.
“Mr. Trudeau wants to take care of all areas of provincial jurisdiction, but he does not take care of the thing that is most the responsibility of the federal government, namely the border,” declared the Conservative leader in the scrum. press release Thursday.
Mr. Poilievre also finds it “incredible” that Prime Minister François Legault, last week, asked the Sûreté du Québec to carry out patrols at the border in order to detect if there was an increase in the number of applicants. asylum.
“The border is the responsibility of the federal government!” he chanted.
The Journal reported yesterday a sudden increase in the number of asylum seekers crossing the border into Quebec last weekend.
A meeting which reassured François Legault
Justin Trudeau’s office organized a meeting with all the prime ministers on Wednesday evening to take stock of Canada’s strategy to make the Canada-US border more airtight from drug trafficking and migrants.
Doubtful after the meeting on Wednesday evening, François Legault was more optimistic on Thursday. He even said he was “very happy” with what he heard from Ministers Chrystia Freeland and Dominic LeBlanc.
“I am happy this morning to see the reactions [des ministres] who finally seem to understand the message that we need a plan to secure the borders against immigration and avoid the 25% tariff,” Mr. Legault said on Thursday.
The federal plan, Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc explained yesterday, includes an increase in resources to patrol the border.
This could mean an increase in patrol personnel, drones, technological tools such as cameras and motion detectors and even helicopters.
Pierre Poilievre revealed part of his plan for the border. He intends to invest in technologies to scan “all containers that enter our country”.
The Conservative leader also wants to “fire consultants” to employ more border guards and “repair the visa system” to prevent people from using Canada to enter the United States “through the back door.”
Remember that Donald Trump threatened Canada and Mexico with tariffs of 25% on condition of tackling drug trafficking and the crossing of asylum seekers at the borders.
