Ontario is tired of waiting for Ottawa to fix its back-logged immigration system and will begin issuing its own work permits to help asylum seekers enter the job market, Premier Doug Ford said.
Ford criticized the federal government during a July 23 press conference for prolonged delays in its immigration processes, saying that supporting asylum seekers while waiting for the federal agency to issue work permits is costing the province “an absolute fortune.”
“I’m not waiting any longer,” Ford said during the final press conference of the three-day premiers’ summer meeting in Huntsville, Ont. “We’re issuing work permits in Ontario for these folks.”…