historically, canada has been a very hard country to cross into.

we didn't accept huddled masses yearning to be free - we subjected them to rigorous screening. this rigorous screening is what defines canadian values on the topic, not wide open borders.

perhaps hussen has his history confused, and is thinking of the united states when he imagines canada as an asylum for refugees - and perhaps what he meant to say was that mcleod is being unamerican.

https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2018/07/13/lisa-macleod-ahmed-hussen-ontario-asylum-seekers_a_23481772/