Cory Morgan: Canada Must Act at Once to Fix Immigration, Border Security and Avoid US Tariffs

Canadian and American flags fly near the Ambassador Bridge at the Canada-U.S. border crossing in Windsor, Ont., on March 21, 2020. The Canadian Press/Rob Gurdebeke

Commentary

President-elect Donald Trump brought Canada’s porous border with the United States into focus when he threatened to impose 25 percent tariffs on Canadian goods if the border isn’t brought under control. While immigrants and drugs aren’t passing into the USA from Canada in volumes like those crossing at the Mexican border, the United States has valid concerns with its northern neighbour. Terror suspects are the most troublesome export crossing into the United States from Canada.