To address Trump’s border concerns, feds expected to spend more than $1-billion: senior government source

In the next cabinet shuffle expected later this month or next, U.S.-Canada relations will be a key factor in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s political calculus, say Liberal sources.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, and Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc. The Trudeau government is expected to spend more than $1-billion to beef up security on the Canada-U.S. border to curb the flow of undocumented migrants and fentanyl, says a senior government source.The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

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BY ABBAS RANA

December 9, 2024

Faced with U.S. president-elect Trump's threatened 25 per cent tariffs on all imported Canadian goods, the Trudeau government is expected to spend more than $1-billion to stem the movement of undocumented migrants and fentanyl from Canada to the United States, according to a...

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