He’s back. And so are the numbers of people illegally fleeing into Canada from the United States.

The much-ballyhooed deal finally signed a year ago by U.S. President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, to return illegal immigrants flowing across the border to their country of origin, was supposed to end this national embarrassment. (You may recall images of forlorn people dragging suitcases through heavy snow at remote locations in Quebec, Ontario and Manitoba, only to be met by Mounties before being passed along to various agencies to be housed at taxpayers’ expense, because refugees aren’t allowed to work, and therefore left in limbo for years while their cases are determined.)

For a while, those numbers dropped and the disturbing news stories ceased, much to the relief of our Liberal government. But then two things changed.

First, the ending of the pandemic allowed everyone, everywhere, more freedom of movement — including those thinking of slipping across the Canada-U.S.........

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