14-08-2018 14:21 via ottawacitizen.com

Cornwall designated as backup centre for potential refugee influx

The federal government says that the city of Cornwall has been designated a backup centre for any potential influx of asylum seekers, a senior federal official said Monday night.
Louis Dumas, director general of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada’s domestic network, Louis Dumas, told Cornwall council the city’s well-prepared Nav Centre facility is the only city in Canada being kept on standby in this way.
Dumas said that so far this summer, other housing facilities in Quebe
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