HALIFAX — Ontario is asking the federal government to pay up and cover the costs of supporting and housing asylum-seekers, as Quebec’s premier said his province is willing to give up some funding so that other provinces can take in larger numbers.
Speaking at the final news conference at the Council of the Federation’s annual summer meeting — this year hosted by Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston — Premier Doug Ford said Ontario spends $1 billion a year and that asylum-seekers are often left in limbo by the federal government.
