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   From: Can@Guy.com   
      
   Justin Trudeau Blames Trump's 'Racist' Policies For Canada's Immigration   
   Crisis   
      
   Sat, 12/22/2018 - 19:00   
      
   The words "self-awareness" and "irony" are apparently not a part of   
   Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's vocabulary.   
      
   To wit, during an end-of-year interview with Global News, the Canadian   
   leader accused President Trump's 'racist' immigration policies of   
   provoking a worsening immigration crisis in Canada, as more immigrants   
   seek to flee north, fearing a 'hostile, anti-refugee' climate in the US.   
   When asked what he believes is to blame for the worsening crisis, which   
   this year led to the Canadian government putting asylum applicants up in   
   3 star hotels after shelters - including one in a stadium in Montreal -   
   filled to capacity, Trudeau said it was Trump's policies, not Trudeau's   
   infamous 2017 tweet advising migrants that Canada would offer safe   
   harbor to anybody fleeing persecution, that inspired thousands of   
   migrants to flee north from the US into Canada.   
      
        To those fleeing persecution, terror & war, Canadians will welcome   
   you, regardless of your faith. Diversity is our strength #WelcomeToCanada   
        — Justin Trudeau (@JustinTrudeau) January 28, 2017   
      
   Migrants are choosing to flee the US for a reason, Trudeau said - and   
   not because of a silly tweet. Put another way: Trump's tweets are to   
   blame, not Trudeau's, for inspiring some 35,000 migrants to cross into   
   Canada at "unofficial" entry points along the US-Canada border.   
      
        "If people are in the midst of migration around the world right   
   now, it’s not because of a tweet restating - almost word for word -   
   Canadian policy on refuges, because that’s exactly what it was," he said   
   in a year-end interview with the West Block’s Mercedes Stephenson.   
      
        "And certainly, if people are fleeing the United States right now   
   and are choosing to leave the United States right now, it’s not   
   something I said. It is perhaps domestic realities within the political   
   context in the United States that is driving people to move or to make   
   those certain decisions."   
      
   At issue is an agreement called the 'Safe Third Countries' protocol,   
   which governs the processing of asylum claims between the US and Canada.   
   It states that migrants must declare asylum in whichever country they   
   land, but includes a loophole that allows migrants who originally landed   
   in the US to file a valid asylum claim if they cross into Canada through   
   an "unofficial" checkpoint.   
      
   During one recent town hall, a heckler demanded to know how the Canadian   
   government planned to disburse money to Quebec, which has been hard hit   
   by the immigration crisis. In response, Trudeau accused the woman of   
   being a "racist".   
      
        In August, a heckler confronted him at an event in Quebec and   
   demanded to know when the province would get federal cash as   
   compensation for dealing with the influx crossing at Roxham Road, which   
   has become the situation’s epicentre.   
      
        In response, Trudeau criticized the woman for her "intolerant"   
   views and said "your racism has no place here."   
      
   Thought Truduea rejected criticism that he was using racism as a subtext   
   for rejecting legitimate complaints about the Canadian government's   
   unwillingness to dole out resources to help the provincial governments   
   process asylum applicants.   
      
        "No, I haven’t been critical of people who’ve raised concerns. I   
   recognize that there are lots of legitimate questions: are we processing   
   these people right? Are we investing enough money in the system to be   
   able to handle this? And we have invested more and we’re improving our   
   systems."   
      
   Put another way: If you criticize Trudeau and his fellow   
   virtue-signaling liberals, then you're a racist.   
      
   https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-12-22/justin-trudeau-blames-   
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