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Trudeau Liberals call Canada an “open country” and say illegal immigration is a “minor issue.”

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The Department of Immigration remains radio silent after Immigration Minister Marc Miller called Canada an “open country” to foreigners.

“There is no doubt that we have made a conscious choice to be an open country and a country that needs to grow,” Miller said in a March 27 interview with National Public Radio. “The reality is we don’t have much choice.”

During the interview, he called illegal immigration a minor issue since Canada is surrounded by oceans, the United States and “a block of ice to the north.”

However, Miller’s comments did not reflect the reality on the ground.

According to the budget official, 2018 figures estimate the cost of failed asylum claims by illegal immigrants at up to $33,700 per person, subject to lengthy appeals processes.

At the time, the Immigration and Refugee Board had a backlog of 65,000 appeals over a three-year period.

The Budget Office in a 2018 report Costs of irregular migration across Canada’s southern border said federal spending averaged $14,321 per illegal immigrant, reported Blacklock’s reporter.

“Costs per migrant are expected to rise over time,” analysts wrote. “This is largely due to the longer expected waiting times for migrants to complete the entire asylum application process.”

Miller’s interview also took place six weeks after the House of Commons voted 173 to 150 to review the current immigration quotas. In 2023, Canada accepted 471,550 immigrants, 982,880 foreign students and 766,520 temporary foreign workers.

In an interview with the NPR program Freakonomy Miller boasted that Canada’s population had reached 40 million, reported Blacklock’s reporter.

“So you’re California now?” the host asked. “Yes, actually, without the vineyards – well, maybe a few,” Miller replied. “British Columbia may disagree.”

“This is about preserving Canada as we understand it today, and the health care, the social services that our older generation expects, that built Canada,” he said. “That is not possible without people coming from abroad.”

Miller went on to minimize the impact of illegal immigration on Canadian taxpayers. “Geographically, it is difficult to reach Canada,” he said.

Housing costs for illegal immigrants and refugee claims cost $769 million last year, according to testimony from immigration officials last Dec. 7 before the Senate National Finance Committee.

“Where do you take these people?” asked Senator Larry Smith. “Lease agreements with the various hotels,” replied Nathalie Manseau, financial director of the department.

“People have been crossing the border illegally into Quebec, Ontario, British Columbia and my home province of Manitoba,” Conservative MP Larry Maguire previously told reporters.

Miller justified the costs because “Canada is proud of the value of our differences and diversity.”

At Maguire’s request, the 2018 figures do not take into account the expenditure of cities and provinces. “Provincial budgets have been stretched thin and now run into the hundreds of millions of dollars to pay for social services,” Maguire said.

“Cities have declared housing emergencies, homeless shelters are full and millions have been spent on hotel rooms,” he added.

MPs have been repeatedly pushed back by Liberal MPs over the costs incurred by taxpayers. “We finally have those numbers and they are staggering,” Maguire said.

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