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Migration Crisis: Immigration and Trudeau

migration crisis: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau participates in a town hall Q&A in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, according to Toronto Star. Ryan Remiorz / THE CANADIAN PRESS The most heated exchange came on immigration, after a woman asked Trudeau why his government had signed the UN Global Compact on Safe Migration without consulting Canadians. The prime minister was cheered and occasionally heckled as he answered questions on a variety of topics, ranging from the environment to immigration to NAFTA, during the two-hour meeting in Saint-Hyacinthe, Que. Trudeau responded that the entire world is being thrown into a migration crisis, and that signing the agreement would allow Canada to share its approach and co-operate with other countries on matters of immigration. Article Continued Below There is a great deal of false information spreading on the subject. This is a pact that in no way limits Canada in its sovereignty to determine how and who we will accept as immigrants, Trudeau said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.