It seems like Bernier's plan was to get Trudeau elected again.
The timing could not have been more perfect for the liberals.
The election will come down to how badly people want Trudeau gone and how much the liberals screw up the current border crises. Trudeau still has about a year to continue embarrassing himself and there to be a few more blunders and scandals up his sleeve before the next election.
This recent news about the leaked letter by the immigration minister may just distract from Bernier going his own way (The National Post):
Canada's backlogged asylum system is 'not sustainable,' immigration minister says in leaked letter
The language is unusually strong for Ahmed Hussen, who speaks often about Canada’s 'strict and efficient immigration and border-control system'
The number of people seeking asylum in Canada is rising “far beyond” what the existing system can handle, according to a recent letter from Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen obtained by the National Post.
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Without changes to improve efficiency and productivity of the asylum process, wait times and backlogs will only continue to grow,” Hussen writes in the Aug. 14 letter, addressed to the Canadian Bar Association. “This situation is not sustainable, nor is it fair to the people who need Canada’s protection.”
Sergio Karas, an immigration lawyer and analyst, called Hussen’s letter
“an admission of failure … by the Liberal government,” and said the existing system wasn’t designed to accommodate the current volume of asylum claims.
“I honestly do not understand how it is that the federal government can look the people of Canada in the eye and say that the system works,” he said. “
Because the system has collapsed.”
“We inherited a massive backlog of asylum claims after a decade of short-sighted and damaging policies under the Harper Conservatives,” Mathieu Genest said in an email statement. “
This situation has only been exacerbated by the increase in asylum seekers, which has been growing since 2013.”
