2 days ago · In Manitoba, McGuinty said the “fentanyl czar” would be a liaison between Canada and the U.S. on cross-border efforts to stop the trafficking of the drug, the Canadian Press reported. The role ...

2 days ago · The federal government is expected to appoint a 'fentanyl czar' as part of a deal to stave off U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs for at least 30 days. The public safety minister says the role ...

Trudeau, who resigned from office amid growing party turmoil last month, also said that he will appoint a "Fentanyl Czar" and list cartels as terrorists, a move Trump also made in the U.S., to ...

2 days ago · “Canada is making new commitments to appoint a Fentanyl Czar, we will list cartels as terrorists, ensure 24/7 eyes on the border, launch a Canada- U.S. Joint Strike Force to combat organized ...

2 days ago · Canada’s new 'fentanyl czar' will work with Canadian and U.S. officials to help halt the flow of illegal drugs across the northern border, Public Safety Minister David McGuinty says.

2 days ago · Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Canada’s commitment, among others offered in an effort to thwart U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff threats, is to appoint a “fentanyl czar.” Trump agreed to pause the tariffs directed at Canada and Mexico , first pausing the tariffs on Mexico, but leaving Canada hanging until late Monday ...

2 days ago · “The fentanyl czar role will be involved in helping to pull all of this together so we can get over any hurdles and execute on a plan that involves minimizing, if not eliminating, fentanyl from ...

2 days ago · McGuinty says the fentanyl czar is among some additions to the $1.3 billion border plan Canada announced weeks ago in an attempt to head off Trump's tariff threat.

3 days ago · Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on X that the initiative included C$200mn ($138mn) of new funding tied to “organised crime and fentanyl” and appointing a so-called fentanyl tsar.

3 days ago · What changed after Trump threatened tariffs? Mexico announced in December the seizure of more than a ton of fentanyl pills in what it described as the largest bust of synthetic opioids in the country’s history. The haul was striking because fentanyl seizures in Mexico had fallen dramatically in the first half of 2024.. Under President Claudia Sheinbaum, who took …