Illicit cigarette export boom is undermining Canada’s borders

By doing nothing to combat the rise of cheap, illegal cigarettes, governments are handing criminals a highly profitable, low-risk business opportunity.

Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc is responsible for the Canada Border Services Agency. We should give illegal cigarette trafficking the attention it deserves, writes Laura Dawson.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY LAURA DAWSON

September 18, 2023

Ungoverned spaces where law enforcement is absent. Underground networks where illict products move easily across borders. Billion-dollar financial flows. Violence, intimidation and organized crime. We could be describing any one of a several cross-border crimes—from intern...

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