Exclusive: Almost half of Canadians want illegal border crossers deported - Reuters poll

By News on the Net -- Reuters —— Bio and Archives March 20, 2017

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Nearly half of Canadians want to deport people who are illegally crossing into Canada from the United States, and a similar number disapprove of how Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is handling the influx, according to a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll released on Monday. A significant minority, four out of 10 respondents, said the border crossers could make Canada "less safe," underlining the potential political risk for Trudeau's Liberal government. -- More...