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Quebec: Hey, We Could Really Use Some Federal Help With This Influx Of Immigrants
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| 4/16/2018
| John Sexton
Posted on 04/16/2018 8:27:39 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
When I wrote about the upsurge in illegal immigration to Canada last month, I noted that the government was forced to spend nearly $200 million on increased border patrols. That came as thousands of new migrants came across the border each month to claim asylum. Today the Globe and Mail reports that the Candian province of Quebec is asking the federal government to chip in to help deal with the wave of migrants which is on track to nearly double the number that came across the border last year:
The number so far this year has tripled to 6,074 from about 2,000 during the same period in 2017 and is forecast to increase significantly this summer, Immigration Minister David Heurtel said Monday.
Even the numbers were getting from the federal government show us that the situation is different, theres going to be more asylum seekers, so we need a new plan, he said.
Heurtel said projections suggest there will be up to 400 crossings a day this summer, compared to 250 in 2017…
The province said in addition to front-line services, there are other costs like health care and education that are stretched thin…
Quebec is maintaining its request for additional funds to cover $146 million in unprecedented expenses from last year irregular border crossers, with this years price tag yet to come.
There are a little over 8 million people in Quebec province so that $146 million is a chunk of change. The cost of welcoming all these immigrants is something that Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen seemed unwilling to discuss today, after he announced changes to immigration law that would make it easier for people with disabilities to seek asylum.
The changes include increasing the cost threshold for medical inadmissibility to three times the previous level Hussen confirmed that new number would land around $19,000 and amending the definition of social services by removing references to special education, social and vocational rehabilitation services and personal support services.
Previously immigration applicants could be found medically inadmissible to Canada based on a set of criteria that largely affected people with disabilities. Hussen said the policy the government is updating is 40 years old and the changes will take effect immediately. Most of the people who have been affected in the past are economic migrants, Hussen said…
When asked repeatedly if the federal government would compensate the provinces for the cost, Hussen waffled, saying theres always going to be a societal cost for inclusion, but we believe its the right thing to do to include people and take a holistic approach.
Here’s a video of the press conference where Hussen repeatedly tried to sidestep the question of who was paying for all of this generosity and how. It’s an aspect of illegal immigration that we’re often not allowed to talk about but there is a cost associated with all of this. Canadians are now being asked to pay a bit more then they’ve had to in the past. If the number of asylum seekers (and thus the cost of welcoming them) continues to double every year, we’ll see how long they are willing to keep paying it.
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TOPICS: Canada; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bloggers; donate; immigration; quebec; suckers
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To: SeekAndFind
Montreal reminded me of a larger, worse-looking, colder version of Dayton, Ohio.
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posted on
04/16/2018 8:32:04 PM PDT
by
ConservativeMind
(Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
To: SeekAndFind
Hey Quebec, “Bienvenue au” suckers! Whasamata, you no no likee “immigrants?”
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posted on
04/16/2018 8:33:02 PM PDT
by
vette6387
To: SeekAndFind
Ah yes, the same province that wants to secede, now wants others in the union to pay for its problems, ones it created. Shut up and live with it Quebeqois. Sounds like Califonia to the north.
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posted on
04/16/2018 8:33:20 PM PDT
by
Fungi
To: SeekAndFind
Push them back across the border at Northern NY.
That would make for some interesting politics.
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posted on
04/16/2018 8:34:08 PM PDT
by
PGR88
To: ConservativeMind
“Montreal reminded me of a larger, worse-looking, colder version of Dayton, Ohio.”
What’s worse than Montreal is Quebec City. It’s where everyone stares at you if you don’t speak French! Quebec is Canada’s “Northern Ireland!”
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posted on
04/16/2018 8:35:00 PM PDT
by
vette6387
To: SeekAndFind
...Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen ...
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Hmmm...Anyone want to guess where THIS guys loyalties lie...with Canada and native Canadians or, instead, with the immigrates who entrance hes expediting?
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posted on
04/16/2018 8:35:34 PM PDT
by
House Atreides
(BOYCOTT the NFL, its products and players 100% - PERMANENTLY)
To: Fungi
Its kind of funny really, the supposedly proud and stubborn Quebeqois will end up simply surrendering their culture to Africans and Muslims.
Reminds me also of the Scottish National Party - we hate the tyranny of the English, so lets instead turn ourself over to Brussels.
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posted on
04/16/2018 8:37:12 PM PDT
by
PGR88
To: SeekAndFind
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posted on
04/16/2018 8:37:31 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: SeekAndFind
The number so far this year has tripled to 6,074
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That’s probably the daily number for the USA.
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posted on
04/16/2018 8:39:42 PM PDT
by
Lurkinanloomin
(Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents__Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
To: Lurkinanloomin
Oh Canada, wait until the newness wears off, then comes the
home invasions, the drugs, the car-jackings, rapes, all kinds of felonious crimes.
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posted on
04/16/2018 8:53:44 PM PDT
by
EnglishOnly
(Fight all out to win OR get out now. .)
To: SeekAndFind
Boo-hoo. We had 32,000 come over the Texas border in February!
To: SeekAndFind
Make the Bell Province speaka da English...
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posted on
04/16/2018 9:34:14 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
To: SeekAndFind
. The cost of welcoming all these immigrants is something that Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen seemed unwilling to discuss today I think I have spotted the problem....
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posted on
04/16/2018 10:13:51 PM PDT
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
( Bunnies, bunnies, it must be bunnies!! Or maybe midgets....)
To: SeekAndFind
Well, perhaps Canada should become more conservative and help itself. It could wake up and engage reality instead of trying remake it into some egalitarian fantasy.
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posted on
04/16/2018 11:22:13 PM PDT
by
Crucial
To: vette6387
I have friends in Quebec and love Quebec City.
People from Quebec culturally look towards France, and educate in France.
However, less than 30 percent of the population speak English as a second language.... very provincial.
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posted on
04/17/2018 1:57:19 AM PDT
by
Chickensoup
(Leftists today are speaking as if they plan to commence to commit genocide against conservatives.)
To: txrefugee
Boo-hoo. We had 32,000 come over the Texas border in February!
_________________
and whose fault was THAT??
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posted on
04/17/2018 1:58:24 AM PDT
by
Chickensoup
(Leftists today are speaking as if they plan to commence to commit genocide against conservatives.)
To: Chickensoup
I visited Alberta last year and only came across a couple of hotel employees with a thick French accent, everyone else sounded very Western, eh.
I assumed they were from Quebec, probably more likely than actually being French.
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posted on
04/17/2018 2:09:48 AM PDT
by
GnuThere
To: Fungi
Exactly. This article doesn’t explain an important peculiarity of Canadian law and politics — namely, the fact that a provincial government even has a person whose title is “Immigration Minister” in the first place.
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posted on
04/17/2018 2:55:39 AM PDT
by
Alberta's Child
("I saw a werewolf drinking a pina colada at Trader Vic's.")
To: SeekAndFind
I like the way this is playing out. Give it a couple more years and Canada will be voluteering to pay for our Southern Wall..LOL!
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posted on
04/17/2018 3:37:10 AM PDT
by
DAC21
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