Liberal Minority Government 2021 - ????

[Rifleman62]

https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/ottawa-hotels-asylum-seekers​

Federal government considers buying hotels to shelter asylum seekers - 4 Jul 24​

Extract: Figures from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada show that this year alone, Ottawa has paid for about 4,000 hotel rooms for 7,300 asylum seekers, many of them transferred from provincial shelters.

(While housing refugee claimants is a provincial responsibility, the federal government has been paying for hotels since the pandemic because of overloaded provincial shelters.)

Other figures show that in the 16 months between September 2021 and January 2023 Ottawa spent close to $94 million booking entire hotels to house asylum seekers. This included 10 hotels in Montreal and others in Niagara Falls and Ottawa. On average, asylum seekers spent 113 days in hotels at a cost of $208 per person per day, including meals and security.

Free hotel rooms, meals for refugee applicants reportedly cost $769M in 2023

The government reportedly rang up a $769-million bill to provide free hotel rooms and meals for refugees and illegal immigrants this year.

torontosun.com

Free hotel rooms, meals for refugee applicants reportedly cost $769M in 2023 - 8 Dec 23​

Extract: The government rang up a $769-million bill to provide free hotel rooms and meals for refugees and illegal immigrants this year, according to the Department of Immigration.

 

[daftandbarmy]

https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/ottawa-hotels-asylum-seekers​

Federal government considers buying hotels to shelter asylum seekers - 4 Jul 24​

Extract: Figures from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada show that this year alone, Ottawa has paid for about 4,000 hotel rooms for 7,300 asylum seekers, many of them transferred from provincial shelters.

(While housing refugee claimants is a provincial responsibility, the federal government has been paying for hotels since the pandemic because of overloaded provincial shelters.)

Other figures show that in the 16 months between September 2021 and January 2023 Ottawa spent close to $94 million booking entire hotels to house asylum seekers. This included 10 hotels in Montreal and others in Niagara Falls and Ottawa. On average, asylum seekers spent 113 days in hotels at a cost of $208 per person per day, including meals and security.

Free hotel rooms, meals for refugee applicants reportedly cost $769M in 2023

The government reportedly rang up a $769-million bill to provide free hotel rooms and meals for refugees and illegal immigrants this year.

torontosun.com

Free hotel rooms, meals for refugee applicants reportedly cost $769M in 2023 - 8 Dec 23​

Extract: The government rang up a $769-million bill to provide free hotel rooms and meals for refugees and illegal immigrants this year, according to the Department of Immigration.

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