Conservative Leader Éric Duhaime calls on the main political parties in Quebec to form a common front against Ottawa on the Roxham Road issue.
At a press conference in Quebec on Thursday, Mr. Duhaime said he wanted to go on a delegation to Ottawa to demand the permanent closure of Roxham Road.
Last year, a record number of 39,171 asylum seekers were intercepted at Roxham Road, an unofficial entry point located in Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle, in Montérégie.
Since then, Prime Minister François Legault has repeatedly said that Quebec’s reception capacity has been exceeded, without his interventions having had much impact so far.
According to Mr. Duhaime, this “illegal” immigration has become a “scourge”.
“The climate is more favorable than ever for us to move forward and for a Quebec delegation of five chiefs to go to Ottawa. Quebecers like it when we work together,” he said.
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