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We have a plan. Canadians need to know… our borders are safe and secure and we control them,
she said during a press conference following a security meeting, while not revealing details about the plan
All of our eyes are looking at the border to see what’s going to happen … because we know that Trump’s stance on immigration might drive up illegal and irregular migration to Canada,
he saidIt's starting to get cold. We've seen some tragedies in the past. People were severely frostbitten and had to have amputations. People also suffered severe hypothermia,
Poirier said
We're on high alert,
a Royal Canadian Mounted Police spokesman, Sergeant Charles Poirier, told Agence France-PresseWe understand the misery and fear that drives people to try to cross into Canada (through forests or fields or across lakes and rivers), but there are real dangers,
he warnedI do want Canadians to know it is one of our two central points of focus,
Freeland said after the group met for the first time since Trump's first term in office
Canadians are right to be concerned about it,
she saidWhen you don't create legitimate pathways, or when you only create pathways where people have to do the impossible to receive safety, you know, unfortunately, people are going to try to do the impossible,
said Abdulla Daoud, director of The Refugee Centre in Montreal, which provides services
We knew a few months ago that we had to start prepping a contingency plan because if he comes into power, which now he will in a few months, it could drive illegal migration and irregular migration into (the province of) Quebec and into Canada,
he told ReutersAmerica is interested in its own economic security and its own national security, and it is making a list of friends and foes, and everything in between. And we need to make sure that we are on the top, not near on the top, of the friends list,
Hyder said
I trust that those American businesses will share their views with their new administration,
Ng saidThese other irritants that I've mentioned, will also be drawing their attention, and I think in a much more serious way, particularly defence,
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We want a migration system that Canadians trust,
Joly saidOnce again, the government is refusing to acknowledge an obvious and very serious situation,
he said, and called on Ottawa to staff up at border entry pointsWe are ready with a plan,
Joly said of the incoming Trump administration, and noted the committee will hold its first meeting FridayWhat needs to happen is for them to be open and transparent with Canadians,
she saidIf they believe that there is no welcome mat in Canada, they're not going to go,
he saidIt doesn't mean that some people will not leave, possibly, but I think the nature of the action by the Trump administration will determine whether people change their intentions about staying in the country or not,
he saidWe’re not going to meet it until 2032, which is an arbitrary number chosen by the prime minister to get him out of a really tight jam in his visit down to Washington,
Leslie saidWe want to get to two per cent, too,
he said on Wednesday after a caucus meeting in West Block