Too soon to put Canadian price tag on Trump’s immigration overhaul, MPs told
OTTAWA — The Liberal government is examining whether the fallout from U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive orders on immigration will require more cash to be spent north of the border.
But both immigration officials and the federal minister told a House of Commons committee that right now, there’s no new money.
Departmental officials say Trump’s executive orders are too new for them to be able to estimate how much they could cost Canada and in what ways.
The Immigration and Refugee Board, however, has been saying for months that a rise in the number of asylum claims is already straining its resources and it has put in a pitch for more cash.