Canada Says Progress Made on Tightening Border Should Satisfy US

Canada Says Progress Made on Tightening Border Should Satisfy US
Canada’s Minister of Public Safety, David McGuinty speaks to border security staff and members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police at the Emerson Port of Entry in Emerson, Manitoba, on Feb. 4, 2025. Reuters/Shannon VanRaes/File Photo
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OTTAWAThe progress Canada has made on tightening security along the border with the United States and combating drug smuggling should satisfy the Trump administration, Public Safety Minister David McGuinty said on Thursday.

At the same time he spoke, President Donald Trump said his proposed tariffs on Mexico and Canada would go into effect on March 4 as scheduled on the grounds that drugs were still pouring into the United States from those countries.