Seventy per cent of Conservative voters say government should not let illegal asylum seekers stay in Canada: Forum poll

Respondents from western provinces were the most-opposed to the notion of allowing illegal asylum-seekers to stay, while the majority of New Democrat and Liberal voters surveyed want to see them remain in Canada, the results of the survey show.

Conservative leadership candidates Kellie Leitch and Kevin O'Leary have both pushed for tighter immigration policies. The Hill Times photographs by Jake Wright

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BY RACHEL AIELLO

March 7, 2017

Seventy per cent of Conservative voters surveyed said the Canadian government should not allow asylum seekers, including those who have been crossing into Manitoba with growing frequency, to stay in the country, according to

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