The Canadian government is indicating it will pursue tougher border enforcement to help crack down on illegal immigration drug trafficking across their border with the United States. The move comes after President-elect Donald J. Trump threatened late last month to enact a 25 percent tariff on all goods coming from Canada and Mexico unless they cooperate with his efforts to secure America’s southern and northern borders.
“We got, I think, a mutual understanding of what they’re concerned about in terms of border security,” said Dominic LeBlanc, Canada’s Minister of Public Safety. LeBlanc accompanied Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau last week on a trip to Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence in West Palm Beach, Florida, where the two leaders discussed greater cooperation on border security. He emphasized: “All of their concerns are shared by Canadians and by the government of Canada.”
LeBlanc continued: “We talked about the security posture currently at the border that we believe to be effective, and we also discussed additional measures and visible measures that we’re going to put in place over the coming weeks.”
The Trudeau government in Canada staunchly backed open borders policies until Trump’s landslide election victory over Democrat Vice President Kamala Harris in early November. After Trump’s election and tariff threat, Trudeau pivoted his position, with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) announcing they will beef up border enforcement and bring on more staff to deal with illegal immigrants.
While much of the U.S. corporate media focus has been on the illegal immigration crisis at the U.S. southern border with Mexico, the northern border has seen its fair share of encounters with those trying to enter the U.S. unlawfully.
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