Source: Adam MacVicar, Global News, July 17, 2018
After what has been described as a heated meeting between Canada’s immigration ministers, Saskatchewan is taking a stance and calling on the federal government to fully fund supports for asylum seekers and government-assisted refugees.
The move follows a dispute between Ontario’s Immigration Minister Lisa MacLeod and federal Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen. Hussen has called Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s position on asylum seekers divisive, dangerous and not Canadian, and MacLeod demanded an apology from Hussen for saying Ontario is promoting fear about asylum seekers.
Both Ontario and Saskatchewan refused to sign the official communique released after the meeting.
