First Reading: Budget offers mass amnesty for asylum-seekers

As part of the federal budget’s promise to bring immigration “under control,” it is offering a one-time mass amnesty to some of the hundreds of thousands of asylum seekers who have entered Canada in recent years, including by illegally crossing the U.S. border.

Starting in 2026, the budget announces that Canada will pursue a “one-time” $120.4 million program to fast-track “eligible protected persons” into permanent residency. ---More...

???? BREAKING: You won't believe what's BURIED in Mark Carney's costly Liberal budget.

Only a Liberal government thinks it's fair for backdoor economic migrants and illegal border-crossers to jump the queue and get fast tracked, while the people who play by the rules and pay their… pic.twitter.com/AcFuKuZYDS

— Vincent Neil Ho (@vincentneilho)November 6, 2025