‘Fundamental premise no longer real’: former Chrétien cabinet minister calls on Liberals to abandon Safe Third Country Agreement

With the House Ethics Committee examining spending on Roxham Road, opposition MPs are also calling for the Liberals to act on the agreement they say is at the root of the problem.

RCMP officers direct asylum seekers from an irregular border crossing at Roxham Road in Quebec in August 2017. That year, an influx of asylum seekers entering Canada at the crossing made international headlines, but according to data from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, there has been a 13 per cent increase in crossings so far in 2022.Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

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BY STUART BENSON

October 12, 2022

As the House Ethics Committee prepares to begin its inquiry into the use of more than half a billion dollars in public funds to support asylum seekers crossing into Canada near Roxham Road in Quebec, opposition MPs and refugee advocates argue the government is moving i...

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