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Just for comparison’s sake, the Mounties intercepted a mere 3,491 in the first five months of 2017. We are now at almost three times higher than last year and the stats don’t include the summer months.

Since the influx of illegal immigrants began, the government has done little to stop the flow.

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Instead, they built permanent buildings for processing people at the busiest spot, the infamous Roxham Rd. in Quebec. Hundreds of border agents have been moved from the GTA and Canada’s busiest airport to the Quebec-New York State border crossing and the RCMP have been cycling teams of extra officers in and out of the area for 18 months.

And they recently erected what amounts to a refugee camp at the Canada-U.S. border.

In early May, the government put out a call for tender looking for a supplier to erect and operate “heated, ventilated and illuminated heated canvas shelters for three-season use.”

The winning contractor was also expected to supply water, storage facilities and even a quarantine station.

None of this amounts to what most Canadians would call a solution for our refugee issues.

Nor is what is happening in places, such as Toronto.

Right now, the folks coming across at Roxham Rd. and claiming asylum are taking up more than 40% of all emergency shelter beds in Toronto. Some 800 are sleeping in college dorm rooms that need to be ready for returning students in just a few weeks.

Yet, there is nowhere for them to go and no money to house and care for them.