With tensions over asylum seekers mounting between Ottawa and Ontario Premier Doug Ford's new PC government, Conservative MP Michelle Rempel wants to give provincial immigration ministers another chance to air their grievances.
Before that happens, there will be an emergency meeting of the House of Commons immigration committee Monday.
Opposition members are expected to try to put some pressure on the Trudeau government by urging their Liberal counterparts to examine the refugee issue as well as pressures on provinces.
On The Best Show Ever Sunday afternoon, federal Conservative MP and foreign affairs critic Erin O'Toole told NEWSTALK1010, the way things are being dealt with currently, just isn't working.
"We've been saying it's not fair to anyone for the Liberals to allow the system to be put into such turmoil," he said. "We need a long term plan that includes fixing the sort-of loophole we've described in the Safe Third Country Agreement."
"It means making sure that we can process things faster, and it means not allowing the provinces to bear the burden of the Liberals' mismanagement of this file."
Rempel will introduce a motion calling on the committee to undertake a study to review the adequacy of the federal government's response.
She and NDP immigration critic Jenny Kwan are calling on the committee to hold two more meetings this summer.
- With files from Jackie Rosen/NEWSTALK1010