U.S. President Donald Trump has agreed to pause tariffs on Canada for 30 days after talking with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in the afternoon of Feb. 3.
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
UN Climate Summit blocks Rebel News — again
Sheila Gunn Reid discusses how the United Nations refused to allow Rebel News into its climate change conference in Brazil despite an email claiming Rebel News was accredited.
The United Nations climate conference in Belém, Brazil, is underway — and, in true UN fashion, it took all of ten minutes for the hypocrisy to hit us in the face.
For the first time in nine years, Rebel News was officially accredited to enter the conference grounds. We got the approval emails. We got our work visas. We flew half way around the world. We went to pick up our badges. Then the bureaucrats did what UN bureaucrats always do when a climate heretic gets too close: they found a problem.
Suddenly, our accreditation “didn’t allow” us inside the main venue — the pavilions, media rooms, and meeting halls packed with activists, diplomats, and 55,000 carbon-burning delegates who flew halfway around the world to lecture ordinary people about their energy use.
But somehow, we were ...
