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Publication Date: January 24, 2025 - 13:15
Miller fires back at provinces, territories for complaints over cuts to economic immigration
January 24, 2025
Federal Immigration Minister Marc Miller is blaming provinces and territories for federal cuts to the economic migrant streams they rely on, stating they have been unco-operative about increasing their share of asylum seekers.
The data the White House has cited to say Canada is responsible for a “massive” increase in fentanyl flowing across the northern border include a large drug bust that, according to the U.S. border agency, has no known connection to Canada.In justifying its plans for tariffs on Canadian goods, the White House said in a statement Monday that 43 pounds of fentanyl had been seized at the northern border last fiscal year, representing a “massive 2050 per cent increase” compared with the fiscal year prior, when two pounds of fentanyl was intercepted.
February 5, 2025 - 05:00 | Colin Freeze, Kathryn Blaze Baum | The Globe and Mail
While a good portion of Canadians live within a couple of hours drive of the U.S. border, it is very different than living directly across from our American counterparts.
February 5, 2025 - 04:58 | Kevin Nielsen | Global News - Ottawa
While a good portion of Canadians live within a couple of hours drive of the U.S. border, it is very different than living directly across from our American counterparts.
February 5, 2025 - 04:58 | Kevin Nielsen | Global News - Canada
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