Canada’s borders are “safe and secure,” Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland said Friday as she sought to address fears that U.S. president-elect Donald Trump’s vow to deport millions of undocumented immigrants could send a wave of migrants north.
RCMP officials have said they’ve been preparing for months for the possibility of increased migrant traffic at the border as the undocumented flee the United States.
In an interview with CBC’s The House, Freeland said her message is that “Canada controls our borders. Every Canadian has the absolute right to expect that our country chooses who comes here and who doesn’t.”
“I want people to know their borders are safe and secure and they will continue to be, come what may in the world,” Freeland told host Catherine Cullen.
WATCH | Freeland responds to questions about border security following Trump’s election win:In an interview with Catherine Cullen, host of CBC Radio’s The House, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland said her message …