FIRST READING: NDP frontrunner proposes mass amnesties, waves of new asylum-seekers
Avi Lewis called it "anti-immigrant backlash" to draw a line between high immigration and real estate affordability.
Right on time, NDP on scene to make LPC look centrist. The politics in this country are just too retarded.Despite skyrocketing Canadian dissatisfaction with immigration rates, NDP leadership hopeful Avi Lewis has just proposed restoring immigration numbers to their post-COVID highs, and re-opening the borders to millions of potential asylum-seekers from the United States.
In an interview with the immigrant-centric publication New Canadian Media, Lewis advocated for the mass-amnesty of temporary migrants and the importation of “many more” international students.
Lewis also called for an end to the Safe Third Country Agreement with the U.S., which would allow anyone in the United States to claim asylum in Canada.
“Immigrants are part of the solution, not the cause of problems,” Lewis said.
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