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Liberal Justin Trudeau has suddenly launched a Trump-style crackdown on immigration as the Canadian government crumbles around him.
Canada‘s newly appointed Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc announced on Tuesday that the $1.3bn CAD ($930m USD) slate of new measures ‘will secure our border against the flow of illegal drugs and irregular migration.’
The new measures will include 24/7 surveillance of the border using ‘helicopters, drones and mobile surveillance towers’, and upgraded detection tools to catch drugs slipping over the border.
The legislation is based on five pillars: Slowing the trade of fentanyl, improving border patrols’ coordination, providing new tools for law enforcement, easing information sharing among departments and slowing migrant crossings, reports TNC.
Trudeau was previously famed for his progressive policies and urged migrants to flock to Canada – but has changed his tune in recent weeks as his polls tank.
It comes weeks after Trump threatened to impose …