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Given that she belonged to a social media group that openly discussed plans to attend last week's event, it is unlikely the prime minister's security detail or PMO officials were taken by surprise, he added.

Canadians are generally supportive of current immigration levels, a survey of public perceptions commissioned by the federal government suggests — but they are also worried and confused when it comes to the issue of asylum seekers.

While the Trump administration fortifies the southern border, there's growing concern over the number of foreigners entering the country illegally across the porous northern border with Canada.

Ontario cabinet minister Lisa MacLeod was conspicuously absent from the podium Friday as Canadian Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen started ripping into Premier Doug Ford's government.

Article 31 of the UN Refugee Convention, to which Canada is a party, says asylum-seekers can’t have penalties imposed on them for the way they enter a country, if they present themselves promptly to authorities and show "good cause" for their presence.

Days after Ontario's June 7 election, representatives from several immigration, refugee and settlement agencies gathered to discuss and strategize over the implications of Premier Doug Ford’s leadership would be on their sector. Some feared Ford would cancel the immigration ministry, which is exactly what he wound up doing.

"Trudeau and other politicians must realize the real-life consequences of their words when it comes to immigration. It is not compassionate nor prudent to give these individuals false hope when we know that the majority of the asylum claims before the Immigration and Refugee Board will eventually be rejected." — Conservative MP Michelle Rempel. CP tests this and a reply for accuracy.

"I can’t imagine what the families who are living through this are enduring," said the prime minister, adding "this is not the way we do things in Canada."

Asylum seekers who cross unofficially into Canada — only to wait many months for their refugee claims to be processed — may find their cases finalized sooner as a result of federal changes announced Friday.

I’m less concerned with a proposed immigration policy that ultimately relies on the federal government doing the CAQ's dirty work than the message it communicates, writes Montreal columnist Toula Drimonis.

A former ambassador and premier of New Brunswick issued a stark warning about the future of Atlantic Canada on Wednesday, March 21, 2018, saying the region could be in jeopardy if more isn't done to increase its population through immigration.

The pro-trade message Canada is touting in the United States will resonate with everyday Americans and their political class, even if the words get obscured by the breaking news of the day, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says.

Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer said on Friday, February 2, 2018, he is open to echoing some of the Quebec government's constitutional demands in his party's 2019 election platform.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau faced questions on immigration, pipelines and Indigenous issues — and dealt with a few disruptions — during a town hall meeting with some 1,800 people at the University of Manitoba on Wednesday.

Award-winning author Michael Adams believes Trump-style populism will likely never catch on north of the border.