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Canadian refugee advocates, federal government departments and immigration lawyers are bracing for a potential influx of asylum claimants following U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive orders this week. But as they prepare, they all say they have no idea what exactly to expect.


The lectern is installed before keynote addresses at the 2023 Liberal National Convention in Ottawa, on Thursday, May 4, 2023.

Candidates yearning to replace Prime Minister Justin Trudeau have until this evening to clear the race’s first hurdle, although it could still take a few days to see who’s made the cut.


The lectern is installed before keynote addresses at the 2023 Liberal National Convention in Ottawa, on Thursday, May 4, 2023.

A handful of candidates vying to replace Prime Minister Justin Trudeau say they’ve submitted their paperwork and met the first financial hurdle to enter the race, although it could still take a few days to see who’s made the cut. 


Former finance minister Chrystia Freeland speaks at a press conference in Toronto on Sunday Jan. 19, 2025, as she kicks off her campaign to become the next Liberal party leader.

Liberal leadership candidate Chrystia Freeland would scrap changes to the capital gains tax that she introduced as finance minister, CBC News has confirmed.


Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre delivers remarks at a new housing development site in Delta, B.C, on Thursday, January 16, 2025.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says he wouldn’t make any “big changes” to the federal equalization program if the Conservatives form government after the next election.


Holocaust survivors and relatives arrive at the Auschwitz Nazi death camp in Oswiecim, Poland, Saturday, Jan. 27, 2024. Survivors of Nazi death camps marked the 79th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp during World War II in a modest ceremony in southern Poland.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will fly to Poland next week for events marking 80 years since the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp.


Prime Minister Justin Trudeau leaves following a cabinet retreat at Chateau Montebello in Montebello, Que., on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the country’s premiers met again on Wednesday to continue crafting a strategy to hit back at President Donald Trump as the threat of U.S. trade action becomes more acute.


President Donald Trump sits behind his desk and talks to reporters as he signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House.

One of U.S. President Donald Trump’s freshly signed executive orders puts the Liberal government’s digital services tax into the sights of America’s Commerce, Treasury and Trade departments, threatening to further irritate the trade relationship between the two countries.


Premier Doug Ford speaks at a Mississauga Board of Trade luncheon, hosted at an area hotel, on Jan. 16, 2025.

Doug Ford has repeatedly said he believes he needs a new mandate from Ontarians to respond to the potential economic devastation that could be wrought by U.S. President Donald Trump imposing a 25 per cent tariff on Canadian goods — this despite holding a large majority at Queen’s Park, where the government is currently on break. 


Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre delivers remarks at a new housing development site in Delta, B.C, on Thursday, January 16, 2025.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says a government led by him would cut the number of federal public servants — but he doesn’t mind if they work from home.