— The leader of the Parti Quebecois doubled down Wednesday on his claim Justin Trudeau’s famous tweet welcoming the world’s persecuted people into Canada is responsible for the influx of asylum seekers into Quebec. “Anyone who came here to listen to platitudes came to the wrong place,” Lisee told reporters during a caucus retreat north of Montreal. “Me, I say it like it is; I am authentic and I say what I think.”Francois Gendron, the dean of the PQ caucus, said he didn’t appreciate the remarks. He suggested Trudeau’s tweet from last January is to blame and that Ottawa should therefore pay the bill. One day after U.S. President Donald Trump issued an executive order banning citizens from Iraq, Syria, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen from entering the United States, Trudeau took to Twitter.

Source: National Post August 30, 2017 17:06 UTC