Canada names Kevin Brosseau to serve as a fentanyl tsar

Canada appointed a fentanyl tsar on Tuesday in accordance with an agreement made with the president of the United States, Donald Trump, to avoid additional tariffs in Canadian imports.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau He chose Kevin Brosseau, who spent decades with the Royal Canadian Monted Police, for the position for working with the United States to “detect, interrupt and dismantle” the fentanyl trade. His appointment is immediately effective.

Brosseau has an extensive experience of application of the law, after having served as an attached commissioner and the commander in Manitoba during his career as Mountie. He recently worked with Trudeau as his attached national security and intelligence advisor.

“Mr. Brosseau sailed for the most sensitive security challenges in Canada. His demonstrated experience that addresses drug trafficking, organized crimes networks and other national security threats will contribute great value to this position,” Trudeau said in his advertisement.

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The Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, appointed former Mountie Kevin Brosseau to serve as the country’s fentanyl tsar. (Kevin Brosseau / X)

Brosseau’s appointment occurs days after Trump threatened to impose an additional 25% tariff on Canadian imports, citing the flow of foreigners and illegal drugs, such as fentanyl, through Northern border.

Trump agreed for a 30 -day pause on tariffs to evaluate Canada’s response to his demands, which revolved around creating a stronger border.

In addition to appointing a fentanyl tsar, Trudeau said that the country will implement a border plan of $ 1.3 billion that uses Black Hawk helicopters, drones, mobile surveillance towers and almost 10,000 first -line staff to protect the border between the United States.

Canada is implementing a border plan worth $ 1.3 billion to reinforce the presence and repression of the police in the fentanyl discovered at the entrance points. (Cole Burston/Bloomberg through Getty Images)

He also said that organized crime posters will be included as terrorist entities to enforce criminal investigations in Canada.

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Focusing on Fentanyl production and traffic, Canada will add new and extended detection capacity at the border entrance points and build a Canadian drug analysis center where the authorities will study illegal drug samples to identify where and how they are manufactured.

“While less than 1% of the intercepted fentanyl on the American border comes from Canada, any amount of fentanyl is too His deposits must be punished. “

President Donald Trump threatened additional 25% in Canadian imports if the country did not increase security at the northern border. (Nicholas Kamm)

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Although the fentanyl that crosses the northern border is significantly less than what comes from Mexico, US customs agents confiscated 43 pounds of fentanyl on the Canadian border during the last fiscal year.

The border agents between the United States and Mexico confiscated 21,100 pounds of fentanil during the same period of time.