Smith said Alberta is responsible for policing land near the border, so the province will work with their federal counterparts, Canadian border security and Montana officials.
Due to the sensitive and/or legal subject matter of some of the content on globalnews.ca, we reserve the ability to disable comments from time to time.The Alberta government will put a call in to Montana, in an effort to show it’s taking a harder stance against illegal items crossing the border. At the same time, Premier Danielle Smith is pondering sheriff border patrols and drones. But some say the province is creeping in to federal jurisdiction in more ways than one. Morgan Black explains.
Smith is urging the federal government to come up with a better border security plan, but said Thursday she’s prepared to pony up provincial resources. According to the Canada Border Services Agency, in 2023 the Prairie region’s various points of entry seized a total of 77 firearms and hundreds of kilograms of drugs, including nearly a metric tonne of meth.The province is mulling several options in an effort to show it is taking a harder stance against illegal items crossing the border, including more patrols, stricter policies or even drones, in an effort to quell Trump’s concerns about security.
NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi said Thursday that Smith hasn’t thought through her border patrol plan, and is undermining Canadian negotiations with the U.S. by conceding that Trump’s demands are valid.Bank of Canada official warns it would be ‘painful’ to see big price drops
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