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Federal government has not provided enough to provinces for asylum seekers: Smith

August 11, 2019

Costs are piling up for provinces who are looking after the expenses of asylum seekers who crossed into Canada at irregular border crossings, Ontario’s Social Services Minister Todd Smith tells Mercedes Stephenson, and it's time for the federal government to live up to its agreement to pay more.

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