great lakes. the great lakes are a source of drinking water for 40 million people. this shared resource needs to be protected. this is why canada will make a major new investment of $420 million to continue safeguarding the great lakes for generations to come. whether it s on protecting our shared waters, including in the arctic, conserving bio diversity or building strong net zero economies, canada and the u.s. will continue to work together as partners. we ll also continue to work together as partners and keep our people safe. keeping people safe also includes keeping asylum seekers safe. keeping our borders secure and keeping our immigration system strong. both countries believe in fair and safe fair and orderly migration, refugee protection and border security. this is why we will now apply the safe third country agreement
job of american government is to let it be known. if you molest an american citizen, you are in trouble. we can t live by seeing these areas saying what is iran doing? they know fully well what they are doing and they are testing. britt, the president up north in canada with prime minister justin trudeau. this has there is concerns of northern border crossings as you look at the numbers. we talk about the southern border but northern border crossings in 2020 and 2021, the numbers exponentially going up and now there is a new northern border deal and agreement revamping what s called the safe third count country agreement between the u.s. and canada. his critics, the president s critics domestically say he s now taken a trip to ukraine, overseas and he s gone to canada
keeping our immigration system strong. both of our countries believe in sehr safe, fair and orderly migration. refugee protection and border security. this is why we will now apply the safe third country agreement to asylum seekers who cross between official points of entry. after midnight tonight. police and border officers will enforce the agreement and return irregular border crossers to the closest port of entry with the united states. like a mini research agreement comes into force. as of midnight tonight, border officers will return people crossing the border to the closest canada us border crossing. our teams have worked hard. to achieve this agreement . all of the work will make it possible to deter irregular
11, 2025, so two years. reporter: about an hour north of the border this man helps lead the refugee center in montreal. a dramatic increase from the numbers we are used to seeing historically in canada. reporter: a nonprofit working with the government to help guide asylums through the process. january saw an increase from december, february saw an increase from january. reporter: government figures show a record 39,000 unauthorized entries into quebec into the u.s. in 2022, nearly all according to experts entered through rocks and road. in january alone crossings here neared 5,000, compare that to more than 2,300 a year before. u.s. and canadian officials are discussing potential changes to the safe third country agreement, a loophole in that treaty is incent stridesing migrants crossing from the u.s. to use rocks and road. the way to close rocks and road is to renegotiate the safe third country agreement with the united states, which is something that we ve been working o