Doug Ford says Ontario will issue its own work permits, calls out immigration backlog

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChLtXXpo4Ge1ReTEboVvTDg https://ift.tt/qvFQdyr In a first ministers' press conference in Ontario on Wednesday, Premier Doug Ford said that provinces needed a stronger provincial role in immigration. He said Immigration Minister Lena Metlege Diab was not on the same page as Prime Minister Mark Carney and the provincial ministers on the issue. "We need the prime minister to be clear with his minister," Ford said. Ford added that Ontario would issue its own work permits instead of waiting for federal work permits, using the authority under section 95 of the Constitution. "Tremendous amount of asylum seekers" are without jobs and "sucking up the system non-stop," because getting work permits takes over two years." Ford said the Ontario government spent over $100,000 on asylum seekers last year, and he was "still waiting to get paid back." For more info, please go to https://globalnews.ca Subscribe to Global News Channel HERE: http://bit.ly/20fcXDc Like Global News on Facebook HERE: http://bit.ly/255GMJQ Follow Global News on X HERE: http://bit.ly/1Toz8mt Follow Global News on Instagram HERE: https://bit.ly/2QZaZIB #GlobalNews