Agenda Friday: Jim Bronskill and Border Points

agenda friday: The office of Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale says the discussions will focus on traveller screening, immigration policy and visa issues, according to Toronto Star. Canada is grappling with a recent surge of would-be refugees coming north through remote border points as well as fallout from a U.S. ban on travellers from several predominantly Muslim countries. Susan Walsh / THE ASSOCIATED PRESS By Jim Bronskill The Canadian Press Wed., March 8, 2017 OTTAWA Thorny issues cropping up at the 49th parallel will be on the agenda Friday when new U.S. Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly visits Ottawa. Read more Refugee advocates worry Canada will push U.S. for border crackdown Article Continued Below Canada's refugee acceptance rate peaked in four years Donald Trump's new travel ban renews pressure on Trudeau to speak out Kelly will have bilateral meetings with Goodale, Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen, Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland, Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould and Transport Minister Marc Garneau. react-empty 156 Other priorities for the two countries include continental security, namely plans to expand collection and sharing of data about people leaving Canada and the United States. Last month, a photographer saw people come down a road near Perry Mills, New York, to get over the border. The flow of immigrants who are crossing from the United States into Canada at unofficial border points is continuing. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.