Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set today to address the battle brewing between Ottawa and the Ontario government over a recent surge in asylum seekers, one day after Premier Doug Ford criticized the federal government's approach to the issue.
The two leaders met face to face on Thursday for the first time since Ford and his Progressive Conservatives were sworn in. Minutes before the meeting in Toronto, Ford's team released a statement that blamed the federal government's policies "100 per cent" for the influx of asylum seekers at the border.
Lisa MacLeod, Ontario's minister of children, community and social services, also suggested in comments to reporters that Trudeau's own rhetoric has encouraged people to attempt illegal border crossings.
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