Ottawa –
U.S. president-elect Donald Trump’s promise to launch a mass deportation of thousands and thousands of undocumented individuals has the Canadian authorities taking a look at its personal border.
Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says the problem is one in all two “factors of focus” for a just lately revived cupboard committee to deal with Canada-U.S. relations.
Freeland says she has additionally been talking to premiers in regards to the concern this week.
She provides that the committee has a plan, however didn’t share particulars.
Canada noticed a serious improve within the variety of irregular border crossings between 2016 and 2023, which the RCMP attributes partially to the primary Trump presidency.
The nationwide police service says they’ve been working by a number of eventualities in case there’s a change in irregular migration – which is trending down this yr.
This report by The Canadian Press was first revealed Nov. 8, 2024
