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House Hansard - 104

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
September 28, 2022 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 104 - Sep/28/22
Ms. Kristina Michaud (Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia, BQ)
  • Sep/28/22 3:01:55 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the federal government has turned Roxham Road into a permanent border crossing. That is according to the RCMP, not us. In 2020, the RCMP reached an agreement for “nursing services at the Roxham border crossing”. That is how the RCMP put it. Even the RCMP is treating Roxham Road like a legitimate border crossing. It is not a border crossing though; it is a way to avoid going through customs. Instead of creating a pseudo-border crossing run by the police, why not just suspend the safe third country agreement so that families have to go through the real border crossings?
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Context: House Hansard - 104 - Sep/28/22
Ms. Kristina Michaud (Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia, BQ)
  • Sep/28/22 3:03:06 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, what the government is calling irregular entries are supposed to be irregular. In Quebec, 98% of the asylum seekers who crossed a land border went through Roxham Road. There is nothing confusing about it. No one is coming through regular border crossings anymore. Looking at all the provinces and all the entires via land, sea and air, Roxham Road is the route used by 64% of asylum seekers in Canada. Does the minister find it normal that, under his watch, irregular entry at Roxham Road has become the official and internationally recognized way to claim asylum in Canada?
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