"Paying them to sit around": Doug Ford urges Feds to fix work permit backlog

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChLtXXpo4Ge1ReTEboVvTDg https://ift.tt/6o7dJB3 Ontario Premier Doug Ford urged the federal government to fix Canada's immigration backlog, seemingly reversing last week's pledge that Ontario would issue work permits to asylum seekers. "If you have a pulse and you're healthy, you need to be working," Ford said. Ford expressed concern about the country spending a "billion dollars of burden that falls on the taxpayers of Ontario," yet people are still waiting for their permits to get to work. "We're paying them to sit around...which is crazy," he added. 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