OTTAWA – Immigration Minister Marc Miller accused the premiers of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Alberta of weaponizing a working group on asylum seekers and distorting the issue for their own political gains.

Miller established a working group over the summer with provincial immigration and jobs ministers to look at ways to reduce the pressure on Ontario and Quebec, where most asylum seekers now enter the country. The asylum seekers can put a strain on housing and other social services while they await adjudication of their claims.