Border-crossings debate could be Liberal vulnerability, if Tories can swoop in: pollsters

Almost 50 per cent of Canadians don't think Ottawa is managing refugee claimants coming from the U.S. effectively, with two-thirds saying it's the feds' responsibility to provide funding supports, an August poll from Forum Research suggests.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government has to continue to 'demonstrate they have an effective response' to the refugee claimants issue, said Lorne Bozinoff of Forum Research.
The government's ability to manage the stream of refugee claimants arriving at Canada's border could figure as a ballot-box question in 2019, but it's an open question whether the opposition Conservatives can find support beyond their base by focusing on the issue, say pollsters and political obser...

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