The Canadian government is aware it’s likely in for “tough conversations” with U.S. president-elect Donald Trump’s administration, after his border czar said there is “an extreme national security vulnerability” he intends to tackle at the Canada-U.S. border.
It was the first issue discussed, and a dominant focus at today’s Cabinet Committee on Canada-U.S. Relations, according to its lead, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, who repeatedly sought to offer assurances that the Liberal government takes the border “very, very seriously.”
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In an interview with 7News, Trump’s new border lead Tom Homan was asked about instances of people walking across the border from Canada, and how that compares to the situation at the southern border.
Homan responded by stating that after the current administration reallocated resources …