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   From: burfordTjustice@tues.uk   
      
   Well that is the "civilized" thing to do.   
      
   Canadian Sanctuary City Mayor Seeks Federal Funding For Illegals   
      
   The liberal mayor of “sanctuary city” Toronto now expects federal   
   assistance in dealing with the influx of illegals streaming into his city.   
      
   Mayor John Tory fully supports his city’s “sanctuary city” status —   
   one of four Canadian cities now so designated by their respective city   
   councils — but doesn’t think Toronto can accommodate the increasing number   
   of illegal refugees showing    
   up at the city’s homeless shelters looking for aid and assistance.   
      
   Tory has written a letter to Liberal Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen seeking   
   extra funding to deal with a refugee crisis that Toronto’s “sanctuary   
   city” status has contributed to.   
      
   Estimates for January indicate that 810 “refugees” showed up at Toronto   
   emergency shelters in that month — an 80 percent increase from the year   
   before.   
      
      
   “Opening the doors is not enough,” Tory’s letter states.   
      
   “We must make sure our cities have the resources they need to support new   
   arrivals and set them up for success over the long-term.”   
      
   The mayor’s letter demands immediate and ongoing funding from the federal   
   government to assist with the city’s  shelter system and its “newcomer”   
   office, which will allow illegals coming into the city to apply for public   
   assistance. Tory writes    
   that the extra money is required from the federal government “to ensure that   
   existing services are not further strained.”   
      
   Government-sponsored refugees receive programming and support for 12 months   
   but that may not apply to asylum seekers.   
      
       
      
   Tory’s letter lavishes praise on the federal government’s “hands-off”   
   policy toward asylum seekers who are crossing into Canada from the United   
   States at official and unofficial border crossings and calling themselves   
   refugees and claiming —    
   incorrectly — that President Donald Trump is going to deport them. As a   
   former leader of the of the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party, Tory seems   
   aptly named, but he is known as a Red Tory in conservative political circles   
   for his liberal social    
   policies.   
      
   “We cannot accept people here in their time of need only to see them fall   
   through the cracks or lack the resources to reach their true potential,”   
   maintains Tory in his letter.   
      
   Tory is on the record as describing Toronto as “magnet” for asylum seekers   
   because, as Canada’s largest city, illegals can blend into the sprawling and   
   ethnically-mixed urban population. Toronto city council first declared the   
   city a sanctuary city    
   in 2013 but reaffirmed that designation earlier this year — the status   
   enables illegals access to city services because they are not required to   
   reveal their immigration status.   
      
   Dr. Meb Rashid, an employee of the Christie Refugee Welcome Centre and the   
   Crossroads Clinic at Women’s College Hospital, expressed enthusiasm for the   
   mayor’s pleas for federal money to alleviate the city’s problems.   
      
   “Certainly having more resources to support our colleagues in the shelter   
   system is incredibly important,” he told CBC Toronto.   
      
   Tory’s office would not say exactly how much money it wants from the Trudeau   
   government, which is expected to announce its annual federal budget in   
   Parliament very soon.   
      
   Tory wants to meet with Immigration Minister Hussen to discuss his options.   
      
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