Jacques Boissinot The Canadian Press Éric Duhaime was accompanied by a Rwandan refugee, Ange-Claude Bigilimana, for his press conference on Roxham Road.
Conservative Leader Éric Duhaime calls on the main political parties in Quebec to form a common front against Ottawa on the Roxham Road issue.
At a press conference in Quebec City on Thursday, Mr. Duhaime said he wanted leave on a delegation to Ottawa to demand the permanent closure of Roxham Road.
Last year, a record number of 39,171 asylum seekers were intercepted at Roxham Road, an unofficial point of entry located in Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle, in Montérégie.
Since then, Premier François Legault has repeatedly said that Quebec's reception capacity has been exceeded, without his interventions having had a lot of impact so far.
According to Mr. Duhaime, this “illegal” immigration has become a “scourge”.
“The climate is more favorable than ever for to move forward and for a Quebec delegation of five chiefs to go to Ottawa. Quebecers like it when we work together,” he said.
