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Dominic LeBlanc also says the RCMP and CBSA are working on a list of new equipment that could help supplement their existing enforcement at the border.

Northern Gateway is a dead letter being written to a past that no longer exists, one that trades on a vision of the future in which global demand for fossil fuels will grow without end and supplies are constrained by geology or geopolitics.

What if the resistance to climate science is not really about science at all?

The plan should include measures to increase patrols and technology to crack down on illegal drug trafficking, as well as tightening visa rules and working with provincial law enforcement, Poilievre told a news conference on Sunday.

President-elect Donald Trump is set to create a National Energy Council that he says will establish American “energy dominance” around the world as he seeks to boost U.S. oil and gas drilling and move away from President Joe Biden’s focus on climate change.

This is not the first time Canada has faced the threat of an economic crisis stemming from protectionist U.S. policy. Historical precedents illustrate a troubling pattern.

Unity among provinces and the federal government is critical in the face of the grave challenge posed by the threat of massive new import tariffs from Canada's closest trading partner, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland said on Wednesday following an emergency first ministers' meeting.

Donald Trump has used its innate ability to sniff out weakness in others to cut down political foes in his own country, from former opponents like Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz to his own vice-president. Now, with his latest tariff threat, he’s exposing the weakness of Conservatives north of the border.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to meet with the country’s premiers this afternoon, after they asked for an urgent meeting on U.S.-Canada relations ahead of the incoming Donald Trump administration.

Trump is threatening to impose a 25 per cent import tariff on goods coming from Canada and Mexico right after he takes office, saying they would remain in effect until Canada and Mexico stop illegal border crossings and prevent drugs like fentanyl from entering the U.S.

Premier Doug Ford, who chairs the premiers' association known as the Council of the Federation, tells Trudeau in a letter today that premiers want to be part of a "Team Canada" approach to everything from trade and secure borders to energy, defence and cross-border supply chains.

Trump said the tariff will remain in place until both countries stop drugs, in particular fentanyl, and people from illegally crossing the borders. He said until those issues are solved Canada and Mexico will "pay a very big price!"

The president-elect posted to Truth Social on Monday he will sign an executive order imposing a 25 per cent tariff on all products coming in to the United States from Canada and Mexico. He said the tariff will remain in place until both countries stop drugs, in particular fentanyl, and people from illegally crossing the borders.

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Getting anything accomplished under President-elect Trump might seem far-fetched. But it’s happened before.