While tensions may not have abated, a Montreal summit between the Prime Minister and Quebec’s Premier produced discreet but substantial progress on immigration
Michael Barutciski teaches law and policy with a focus on migration issues at York University’s Glendon School of Public and International Affairs.
The upside of the summit is that even though both leaders have fundamentally different visions of immigration and federalism, they nevertheless took positive steps by addressing longer-term concerns about unsustainable levels of asylum seekers. Still, a more collaborative relationship won’t resolve tensions on its own.
The summit outcome that will have the biggest effect on the asylum crisis is Mr. Trudeau’s signalling that visa policy will be tightened – essentially backtracking from the previous approach. As heto his recent decision to reimpose visas on Mexicans. While the Prime Minister seems to have skilfully balanced firmness and openness during the summit, his shift on visas may be a discreet gain that amounts to a substantial achievement for Mr. Legault.
In the meantime, Mr. Trudeau will need to do his best not to appear as if he is fixing self-inflicted problems, as he did around. If both politicians focus on resolving the outstanding issues and resist the urge to politicize immigration, then the summit will have been a surprising success for two leaders struggling in the polls.
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