This presentation looks at the issues facing Canada including illegal border crossing. Canada law includes safe harbour agreement which allows people to cross into Canada through borders that are no protected and/or secured

1. Refugee Crisis – Canada
– March 2017
By: Paul Young, CPA, CGA

2. Bio – Author – Paul Young
• Paul Young
• CPA, CGA
• 15+ years in Corporate Finance
• 12+ years in Financial Solution
• 8 years in Academia
• Blogger on Financial Solutions, Economic Indicators and Government Policies

3. PM/Canada

4. ISIS Threat

5. Refugees
1970s Vietnam Refugees 2016 Syria Refugees
2016 Asylum Seekers

6. Government Cost / Refugees
• Source – CBC Radio/Government of Canada

7. Border Security
• Government of Canada

8. Canada Border
• https://www.pressreader.com/canada/the-hamilton-spectator/20170225/281681139652509
https://ipolitics.ca/2017/02/22/sorry-tony-theres-no-easy-fix-for-the-border-hopping-problem/

9. Issues facing Canada
• Public Safety Costs
• Municipalities pay for fire and police
protection
• Re-deploying RCMP and Border
Guards
• Housing Costs
• Communities house refugees/asylum
seekers

10. Removal
• http://www.torontosun.com/2017/03/18/countless-failed-refugee-claimants-still-in-canada

11. Border tensions

12. Video/Crossing the Border
• City TV News - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hNW3_hYl9A
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13. What needs to be done?
• The asylum seekers should be turn back over to USA through suspending
the safe habor agreement
• USA and Canada need to beef up security/monitoring of the border
• Federal funds need to be made available to provincial, municipal and
community groups to support the handling of asylum seekers.