The letter, Couillard said, shows Ottawa is completely disconnected with what’s happening in Quebec.
“It shows a complete lack of understanding of what is happening in the field and
what Quebec experienced last year.
“Quebec played a humanitarian role last year and is ready to do it again, but within its capacity to do so. My message to Ottawa is to say it’s time to start working. You (Ottawa) have to play your role right now.”
RCMP officers help a group of asylum seekers who had crossed into Canada illegally at Roxham Rd., near Hemmingford Feb. 20, 2017.Hours before he headed to Ottawa for the talks on the crisis, Heurtel repeated Ottawa has failed to realize the number of asylum seekers this year has already tripled to 6,074 from about 2,000 during the same period in 2017.