Quebec must close Roxham Road on its own, with the help of the Sûreté du Québec (SQ) if necessary.
This is what the Parti Québécois (PQ) will propose in a motion tabled in the House late Thursday morning. The CAQ government quickly let it be known that it would be impossible to accept this motion.
“The federal government must ensure that we review the safe third country agreement[avec les États-Unis]“said Prime Minister François Legault in a press scrum.
In a press scrum in Parliament on Thursday morning, PQ MP Pascal Bérubé explained that the current situation is untenable, recalling that 39,000 people entered Quebec illegally last year.
“When did we have this debate in Quebec, where we decided that it was acceptable? There is a network of smugglers, it’s inhuman for the people who cross, we are imposed a large number of people who arrive in bad conditions. Quebec’s reception capacity has been largely reached. »
Remember that Roxham Road is a passageway in Estrie for irregular immigration from the United States.
The Liberal opposition has already indicated that it will not vote in favor of this motion.
People who use it then apply for asylum in Canada, but in the meantime, the government of Quebec must take care of the applicants.
An article from The Press revealed Thursday that it costs no less than an additional $20 million per month in social assistance benefits paid to asylum seekers.
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