An internal government analysis has found that an increase in asylum claims in Canada could result in an 11-year wait for a hearing and nearly $3 billion in federal social supports for claimants in the meantime. Instead of turning away people who are entering Canada illegally from the U.S., the federal government has announced a 'study' of the situation.   Guests: Richard Kurland, immigration lawyer from Vancouver and advisor to the federal and Quebec governments Martin Collacott, former Canadian Ambassador to Syria and Lebanon(Photo: Courtesy of CBSA)
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An internal government analysis has found that an increase in asylum claims in Canada could result in an 11-year wait for a hearing and nearly $3 billion in federal social supports for claimants in the meantime.

Instead of turning away people who are entering Canada illegally from the U.S., the federal government has announced a 'study' of the situation.  

Guests: Richard Kurland, immigration lawyer from Vancouver and advisor to the federal and Quebec governments
Martin Collacott, former Canadian Ambassador to Syria and Lebanon

(Photo: Courtesy of CBSA)

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