While the ministers says it is too early to conclude that there is a trend,  plans should be drawn up in case it IS a trend. E.g. start setting up "refugee camps" (like old army barracks once touted for Syrian refugees), or set up a system to provide residency permits restricted to the nearest "asylum city" (who would be stuck with the costs).

Meanwhile, Goodale may have been drinking too much good ale. Most of the asylum seekers were planning to use the U.S. as a transition point to Canada? So why are there so many press stories about migrants who had applied for asylum in the U.S., and migrants giving "Trump" as the main reason for crossing to Canada? Looks like we have "alternative news" from one source or another.