Ontario Premier Doug Ford has deployed provincial police to bolster security along the U.S. border, hoping to dissuade incoming U.S. President Donald Trump from imposing tariffs on Canadian imports.
Members of the RCMP Integrated Border Enforcement Team speaks to a member of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection at the Quebec-New York State border Dec. 9, 2024 near Franklin, Que.says he has deployed provincial police officers to boost security along the border with the United States, the latest move aimed at convincing U.S. president-elect Donald Trump to spare Canadian imports from his threat of tariffs. The province announced on Tuesday that the plan, actually launched Dec.
6 and dubbed “Operation Deterrence,” includes a special team of 200 Ontario Provincial Police officers as well as planes, helicopters, drones and boats, with 6,000 hours so far of patrols at areas outside formal crossing points. Ontario’s border with the U.S. spans 2,760 kilometres. But it was unknown if the effort had made any difference to the number of illegal border crossings from Ontario, a statistic dwarfed by the numbers entering the U.S. via Mexico. Also unknown is if the move would have any impact on Mr. Trump.– but not the military – to compel Canada to become the 51st state. He also warned that he would rather see Canadian auto manufacturing move to Detroit and that the U.S. has no need for lumber or dairy products from Canada. After winning the election in November, Mr. Trump said he would impose 25-per-cent tariffs on Mexican and Canadian imports unless those countries did more to control illegal immigration and traffic in fentanyl. That threat prompted Mr. Ford and Canada’s other premiers to demand more action from Ottawa, which has been embroiled in a leadership crisis culminating in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s announcement Monday that he will step down. In a statement on Tuesday, Mr. Ford urged the federal government, which announced its own $1.3-billion, six-year border-enforcement plan last month, to get on with “visible action.” M
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