Canada Today: Asylum Seekers, Conservative Choices and Your Thoughts
Many people who support migrants, including lawyers, anticipate
that the current unhappiness with President Trump in the United States will greatly increase the number of Americans trying their luck in Canada by illegally crossing from the United States.
I do like how he made it clear that it is possible for a leader to help those
that need it, and still keep their citizens and their country safe." But some people were disappointed by Mr. Trudeau’s approach, including Jennifer Lynn, who wrote: "The prime minister’s statement does not reflect how I feel as a Canadian, or how many Canadians feel.
To the relief of many Canadian companies, Mr. Trump said
that he did not have any significant concern about the trade situation between the United States and Canada.
Many Canadians have been organizing in protest of the Trump administration’s policies,
and have been calling on Mr. Trudeau to speak out against them." A Storyteller Stuart McLean, whose gentle humor made his radio program, The Vinyl Cafe, one of the longest running hits of Canadian broadcasting, died this week at the age of 68.
A native of Windsor, Ontario, Ian Austen was educated in Toronto, lives in Ottawa
and has reported about Canada for The New York Times for over a decade.
Mr. Trump’s order has also created a growing apprehension among some Canadians about crossing the border into the United States.
But the global chaos created for many asylum seekers by President Donald J. Trump’s executive order
on immigration has brought attention to another and potentially more dangerous path to Canada.
