Loading ...CANADA – Liberals ‘resettling’ asylum seekers by dumping them on the pavement
Just a few weeks ago, on World Refugee Day, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau trumpeted his government’s commitment to refugees. In a statement , he said, “Everyone deserves a safe place to call home … And Canada is stepping up: In 2022, for the fourth year in a row, we were the top country in the world to resettle refugees.”
His high-minded words are near impossible to square with the current scene unfolding in downtown Toronto. Asylum seekers, including families and children, are being effectively abandoned on the pavement outside of 129 Peter St., a City of Toronto assessment and referral centre for those experiencing homelessness. The trouble is, Toronto’s shelters are full, so there’s nowhere to refer asylum seekers to when they land at Pearson International Airport. Instead, they’re sent to wait outside 129 Peter indefinitely.
They’ve been sleeping on concrete for weeks, through heat- and air-quality warnings, through thunderstorms and cold nights, many without adequate food or water.
Now in the dozens, asylum seekers have begun to set up an encampment using tarps, sleeping bags and blankets dropped off by volunteers. Yet, according to community worker and homelessness advocate Diana Chan McNally, security guards won’t allow anyone to fully cover themselves when it rains, citing security concerns.
WILL TORONTO SOON LOOK LIKE LOS ANGELES OR SAN FRANSCISCO OR PARIS OR OTHER CITIES WHERE COUNTRIES ALLOW OPEN BORDER MASS MIGRATION???