400 per day? Advocate questions reliability of summer border-crossing predictions after figures fall short

In April, the Quebec government said it had projections that around 400 migrants could enter into Canada daily this summer. Recent figures indicate an average of 47 people have crossed per day.

The office of Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen, pictured at a press conference in the House foyer on June 1, says the federal government doesn't produce predictions but prepares for any scenario with border migration.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY JOLSON LIM

August 22, 2018

Recent figures on monthly border crossings show that a prediction made by the Quebec government on flows of people coming into Canada this summer—and one frequently cited by the media and federal Conservatives—has so far fallen flat, raising questions about how bo...

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