Legault Cites Capacity Amid Outcry From Haitian Community Over Asylum Seeker Comments

Legault Cites Capacity Amid Outcry From Haitian Community Over Asylum Seeker Comments
Quebec Premier Francois Legault speaks during a news conference in Montreal, on April 3 2025. The Canadian Press/Graham Hughes
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Premier François Legault says Quebec doesn’t have the capacity to take in more immigrants amid a surge in the number of asylum seekers arriving at the province’s border with the United States.

Legault told reporters today in Sherrington, Que., that the sheer numbers are stretching Quebec’s social security net to the limit.