The agreement between two leaders entails Canada appointing a “fentanyl czar” and designating drug cartels as terrorists organizations.
In announcing the agreement on social media, Trudeau mentioned Canada’s previously announced $1.3 billion plan to boost border security, while saying around 10,000 frontline personnel will be working to protect the border.
The update came after Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum reached a similar deal with Trump hours earlier, with the two agreeing to pause tariffs for 30 days while Mexico sends 10,000 troops to the border to stop the flow of fentanyl.
“I just had a good call with President Trump,” Trudeau said.
“Canada is making new commitments to appoint a Fentanyl Czar, we will list cartels as terrorists, ensure 24/7 eyes on the border, launch a Canada- U.S. Joint Strike Force to combat organized crime, fentanyl and money laundering. I have also signed a new intelligence directive on organized crime and fentanyl and we will be backing it with $200 million.”
Trudeau also highlighted Ottawa’s $1.3 billion border plan introduced back in December, which included the creation of a new North American task force targeting organized crime and synthetic drug trafficking, as well as 24/7 border surveillance, and new funding for helicopters and drones.https://www.theepochtimes.com/world/trudeau-says-tariffs-paused-after-call-with-trump-5803578?utm_source=ref_share&utm_campaign=copy
While Beijing-backed hackers infiltrated Canadian telecoms, federal and B.C. leaders quietly financed a billion-dollar shipbuilding deal with a Chinese state firm—then tried to pass the buck.
https://theoppositionnewsnetwork.substack.com/p/ottawa-funded-the-china-ferry-dealthen
Some of these things I still miss
I grew up without safe spaces.
I grew up without trigger warnings.
I drank water from the hose.
I ate peanuts in class.
None of us wore a helmet.
Kids got hurt. We fell down. And we signed a lot of casts.
We couldn’t pause TV. We’d call out “It’s on!” as soon as the commercials started to end (for those who had left the room). And we watched our favourite shows as a family.
There was no next day delivery.
There was no bundle this with that.
There was no internet. Skip the Dishes didn’t exist.
Fast food was not the norm. It was easier to eat healthy. There were home phones. There was VH.........