MPs Vote to Investigate Government Funds Used at Unofficial Quebec Border Crossing

MPs Vote to Investigate Government Funds Used at Unofficial Quebec Border Crossing
The end of Roxham Road where thousands of asylum seekers have crossed in Hemmingford, Quebec, on March 20, 2020. Ryan Remiorz/The Canadian Press
Peter Wilson
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MPs on the House of Commons ethics committee voted during a meeting on Oct. 3 to launch an investigation into public funds used to build infrastructure at the unofficial border crossing of Roxham Road in Quebec.

“We’re talking about spending over the past five years of half a billion dollars around Lacolle and Roxham Road,” said Conservative MP Pierre Paul-Hus during the meeting. “There are people involved in this, hidden contracts. They invoke national security. It’s ridiculous.”