1000s of Haïtians invade Canada as Trudeau government dithers

There's a story circulating on WhatsApp that Canada's Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship [Is that really his title? You must be making it up! Ed.] Ahmed Hussen [OK, I believe you. Ed.] is inviting people to make asylum claims. Didn't Justin "Junior" Trudeau himself say, following President Trump's inauguration, that all those who were fleeing Trumpian persecution in the USA were welcome to come to the Great White North?

The WhatsApp story is bogus, of course, just as bogus as the 1000s of refugee filed at ports of entry to Canada every year. But 1000s of the 70,000 or so Haïtians enjoying "temporary protection" in America believed it, and are now flocking to the world's longest undefended border in record numbers. Here we see a couple of Canadian Mounties helping some of the asylum-seekers with their garbage ["luggage" surely! Ed.] as they board buses for the gruelling ride to Montréal, where they will be accommodated at the Olympic Stadium (as well as hotels, convents and campgrounds) until they can be given free houses, free medical and dental care, free food, and so on, all courtesy of friendly Canuck taxpayers.

In a news conference held this morning, the RCMP (= Mounties) said that more than 3800 asylum-seekers crossed the border into Québec illegally in Quebec during the first two of August. This compares with just under 3000 who entered illegally at the same spot (near Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle QC) in the entire month of July. RCMP spokesthingy Claude Castonguay called the numbers "unprecedented.... Our officers are patrolling 24 hours day, all year long, and we have never seen such numbers coming in."

Since June 1st, more than 7000 people have entered Canada illegally. But, said the Mountie, "Our officers have to check the identification of each individual to ensure they do not represent a danger or a threat to the Canadian population. We can assure you that the only law they've broken is entering the country illegally." So that's all right then.

The Canadian government appears to have been caught flat-footed by the sudden influx of migrants looking for a better welfare system than they were enjoying in the USA. At a news conference this morning, the Hon. Marc Garneau, the federal Minister of Transport (= in charge of scheduling the buses) said they were surprised that the Haïtians had taken M Trudeau seriously. "No-one here does," he said. [Ed., I didn't have time to source this quote. Could you please check?]

Walt finds it interesting that the feds sent poor old Marc Garneau, a whitey, to face the press, along with Québec Immigration Minister Kathleen Weil, also white. Perhaps they thought that putting the responsible minister, Mr Hussen -- himself a non-white "refugee" and unable to speak French -- in front of the microphones would lead to accusations of some sort of bias in favour of non-white migrants, and perhaps even stoke the fires of Islamophobia. (Most Haïtians aren't Muslims. Their faith is in voodoo and Justin Trudeau.)

Also interesting was M Garneau's revelation, today, that the feds are taking steps to spread the burden of putting up (and putting up with) the "refugees" around. He announced that a new temporary intake centre will be set up in Cornwall ON, right in the heart of United Empire Loyalist country, where the black, French- or creole-speaking Haïtians are sure to receive a warm welcome. That area hasn't sent any Liberals to Parliament since Confederation, so now the Natural Governing Party will be able to say to the WASPs, "Don't say we never gave you anything." Ain't diversity grand?

Further reading: "Canadians wary of Trudeau's mess", editorial in the Toronto Sun, 17/8/17. Spoiler alert: If those who disagree with Justin Trudeau on immigration are racists, then the majority of Canadians polled a couple of days ago by Ipsos/Global must be racists. Stats are in the article.

Further viewing: "'Canada is open!' comes back to bite Junior Trudeau", WWW 6/8/17. Contains VIDEO.