regarding the optics, this image of the friendly rcmp officer is actually a misrepresentation of the country's actual immigration policies, which are some of the strictest in the world; there is a contradiction, here, in our global image as this safehaven escape and the actual reality that we reject 95% of applicants. this contradiction appears to be driving the problem. so, a little bit of a tougher image at the border may actually be exactly what we need.

but, i actually agree that we can't be eliminating or overturning due process, here, and that the court isn't likely to uphold any decision or process that prevents it. can you use the notwithstanding clause on a treaty? don't answer that, i don't want to know. the problem isn't that all of these people are flooding in, but that we don't have the infrastructure to deal with it; if we want canada to be a global leader in quality of life, we're going to attract a lot of people that we're not going to let in, and have to find a way to deal with it. the flow isn't going to stop.

after decades of neglecting the system, we are long overdue in the need to build more low income housing, and it's not entirely clear to me why this government is doing everything it possibly can to avoid that, besides being ideologically opposed to it.

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-us-moves-to-open-talks-with-canada-on-asylum-seeker-treaty/