Illegal border crossings can no longer be overlooked

In Manitoba this winter and now in Quebec, the Trudeau government has too often been invisible on the issue of asylum-seekers.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau greets Syrian refugees upon arrival in Canada in late 2015. Despite his welcoming nature toward refugees, Trudeau's government needs to get the message out that those crossing the border illegally are not guaranteed asylum in Canada, writes Susan Riley.PMO photograph by Adam Scotti

Opinion

BY SUSAN RILEY

August 28, 2017

GATINEAU, QUE.—The influx of mostly-Haitian asylum seekers across the Quebec border could hardly have come at a more delicate time. In the United States, of course, the embers of racism and xenophobia are regularly fanned by an unstable president with no moral centre and little common decency. W...

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