Trudeau Responds to Poilievre's Call to Close Roxham Road Border Crossing

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks to the media in Ottawa on Feb. 12, 2023. (The Canadian Press/ Patrick Doyle) Prime Minister Justin Trudeau today responded to Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s call for Ottawa to close the Roxham Road unofficial border crossing within 30 days, saying that the action would not reduce the high number of asylum-seekers entering Canada. “Could somebody put up barricades and a big wall?” Trudeau said while speaking to reporters on Feb. 22 in Richmond Hill, Ontario. “Yes, if Pierre Poilievre wants to build a wall at...