Trudeau said he has also signed a new “intelligence directive” on organized crime and fentanyl. Canada is going ahead with a C$1.3 billion (US$901 million) plan it announced in December to add more border security resources, including helicopters, the prime minister said.
President Donald Trump agreed to delay 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico for a month after both US neighbours agreed to take tougher measures to combat migration and drug trafficking at the border, warding off a continental trade war for now.
Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced their agreement Monday in separate social media posts in the late afternoon Washington time, with a number of concessions from the Canadian government. Canada is appointing a new fentanyl czar, will list cartels as terrorists and launch a joint “strike force” with the US to fight organized crime, drug trafficking and money laundering, Trudeau said in a post on X.
