Toronto/CMEDIA: Ontario Premier Doug Ford reportedly has walked back last week’s pledge to issue work permits to asylum seekers.
Ford and the country’s premiers said last week that the federal government is taking too long to issue the work permits to asylum seekers.
According to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada work permits are usually issued within 45 days.
After Ford and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith believed they found a workaround in the Constitution, Ford vowed to issue work permits to asylum seekers .
Ford now says he does not want to take over work done by the federal government, but did not explain why he changed his mind.
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada says it is working with the provinces and territories to plan out immigration levels from 2026 to 2028.
