Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre is questioning why the Canadian government has not spent more money on border security for the Canada-US border. Poilievre accused the Canadian government of breaking the border. “Justin Trudeau broke the border,” said Poilievre at a Thursday press conference. “We didn’t have these problems before Justin Trudeau.” Before Trudeau, Poilievre said Roxham Road and illegal border crossings did not exist. He added the number of asylum claims have gone from 10,000 to 200,000 under him. While there is chaos at the border, Poilievre pointed out it stems from Trudeau. He said it is his job to come up with a plan now. The premiers have started to take responsibility for the border. While Trudeau wants to be in charge of all of these areas of provincial jurisdiction, Poilievre said he is “not taking care of the one federal job that is most the job of the federal government, which is the border.” The Quebec government has sent in the Surete du Quebec to secure the border. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has proposed using drones and other provincial law enforcement measures to protect it. Ontario Premier Doug Ford has looked at taking a similar approach. Because Trudeau has broken the border, Poilievre said Canada is “getting a patchwork of premiers who have no choice but to try and hold the border together with bubble gum, Scotch tape, and elastic bands.” Poilievre concluded by saying Canada is broken because of Trudeau. “We need a carbon tax election to fire him and bring in a strong prime minister who can rebuild our borders,” he said. Smith said on Wednesday the Alberta government will be moving to protect its shared border with Montana, with more details to be announced soon..UPDATED: Smith says Alberta government to patrol border with Montana.Although she opposes any tariffs on Canadian or US products, she said it “is my view that President Donald Trump and the tens of millions of Americans who voted for him have valid concerns related to illegal migrants and drug smuggling at our shared border.” “We know that the problem is much more serious at the Mexican-US border; however, that does not diminish the need for the federal government and every province bordering the United States to take immediate steps to crack down heavily on these illegal border activities,” she said.
Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre is questioning why the Canadian government has not spent more money on border security for the Canada-US border. Poilievre accused the Canadian government of breaking the border. “Justin Trudeau broke the border,” said Poilievre at a Thursday press conference. “We didn’t have these problems before Justin Trudeau.” Before Trudeau, Poilievre said Roxham Road and illegal border crossings did not exist. He added the number of asylum claims have gone from 10,000 to 200,000 under him. While there is chaos at the border, Poilievre pointed out it stems from Trudeau. He said it is his job to come up with a plan now. The premiers have started to take responsibility for the border. While Trudeau wants to be in charge of all of these areas of provincial jurisdiction, Poilievre said he is “not taking care of the one federal job that is most the job of the federal government, which is the border.” The Quebec government has sent in the Surete du Quebec to secure the border. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has proposed using drones and other provincial law enforcement measures to protect it. Ontario Premier Doug Ford has looked at taking a similar approach. Because Trudeau has broken the border, Poilievre said Canada is “getting a patchwork of premiers who have no choice but to try and hold the border together with bubble gum, Scotch tape, and elastic bands.” Poilievre concluded by saying Canada is broken because of Trudeau. “We need a carbon tax election to fire him and bring in a strong prime minister who can rebuild our borders,” he said. Smith said on Wednesday the Alberta government will be moving to protect its shared border with Montana, with more details to be announced soon..UPDATED: Smith says Alberta government to patrol border with Montana.Although she opposes any tariffs on Canadian or US products, she said it “is my view that President Donald Trump and the tens of millions of Americans who voted for him have valid concerns related to illegal migrants and drug smuggling at our shared border.” “We know that the problem is much more serious at the Mexican-US border; however, that does not diminish the need for the federal government and every province bordering the United States to take immediate steps to crack down heavily on these illegal border activities,” she said.
