(Bloomberg) -- Canada is deploying what it calls an “aerial intelligence task force” as part of a new C$1.3 billion ($908 million) plan to address US President-elect Donald Trump’s concerns about migrants and fentanyl flowing across the northern border. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police will operate the task force, made up of helicopters, drones and mobile surveillance towers. It’s one of multiple measures unveiled by the Canadian government on Tuesday in an effort to avert Trump’s threat of 25% tariffs on all goods from the country unless it boosts border security. The announcement comes a day after the country’s finance minister, Chrystia Freeland, abruptly resigned, accusing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of failing to seriously prepare for a Trump presidency. She was replaced by Dominic LeBlanc, the public safety minister who released the border plan on Tuesday. https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/business/2024/12/17/canada-expands-aerial-border-surveillance-to-pacify-trump/

$689 million for illegal asylum seekers: Trudeau's immigration failure! What about the Canadians who are suffering? Homelessness is on the rise. Affordable housing is out of reach for so many families. Indigenous communities face severe housing shortages. And young Canadians trying to buy their first home are being priced out of the market entirely. This is Trudeau’s Canada: Canadians in need are ignored, while illegal border crossers are put up in hotels at your expense. 🇨🇦 #NoMoreLiberalsAndNDP 🇨🇦 🇨🇦 #SayingTheQuietPartOutLoud 🇨🇦 🇨🇦 #resigntrudeau 🇨🇦 🇨🇦 #JustSayNoMore 🇨🇦 https://www.rebelnews.com/689_million_for_illegal_asylum_seekers_trudeaus_immigration_failure

WATCH: Poilievre OWNS CBC reporter on border security! 'You ask a classic CBC question, which is how much money can you spend on a problem,' Poilievre told a CBC reporter. 'That's exactly the question Trudeau has been asking for nine years.' 🇨🇦 #NoMoreLiberalsAndNDP 🇨🇦 🇨🇦 #SayingTheQuietPartOutLoud 🇨🇦 🇨🇦 #resigntrudeau 🇨🇦 🇨🇦 #JustSayNoMore 🇨🇦 https://www.rebelnews.com/watch_poilievre_owns_cbc_reporter_on_border_security

Conservatives demand tougher border security and action on fentanyl crisis 🇨🇦#NoMoreLiberalsAndNDP🇨🇦 🇨🇦#SayingTheQuietPartOutLoud🇨🇦 🇨🇦#resigntrudeau🇨🇦 🇨🇦#JustSayNoMore🇨🇦 https://tnc.news/2024/12/11/conservatives-border-security-fentanyl-crisis/ via @truenorthcentre

New biometric technology is coming to borders in Europe and the UK, but as reflected in several of Biometric Update’s most-read articles of the week, it is a work in progress. Atos is getting blamed for EES delays, which are buying the UK time to get its borders in order. That is happening, in part, with an Ingenium-supported trial of biometric self-enrollment technology from Dermalog, iProov, Integrated Biometrics, Thales, Tech5 and others. https://www.biometricupdate.com/202412/biometrics-upgrades-arriving-at-borders-but-check-the-schedule-for-updates

Last week, Russia announced a temporary ban on the export of precious metals scrap. The Russian government hopes keeping scrap within its borders will enhance domestic refining operations. This strategic move is intended to boost the country’s gold and silver supplies and direct those resources to domestic production. In effect, the Russian government hopes the ban will support domestic industries, enhance government revenues, and tighten control over the trade of valuable resources. https://activistpost.com/2024/12/russia-temporarily-bans-export-of-gold-and-silver-scrap.html

While it may be true that illegal crossings in general in Canada are only a fraction of what they are in Mexico, Brian Lilley points out in a column in the Toronto Sun that the number of terror suspects apprehended is far greater up north. According to statistics provided by U.S. Customs and Border Patrol, in the last fiscal year alone, 358 potential terror suspects were encountered at the Canadian border, compared to just 52 at the Mexican one. The year before, 484 potential terror suspects were stopped coming in from Canada, compared to just 80 from Mexico; in 2022, the numbers were 313 and 67 for Canada and Mexico, respectively. https://pjmedia.com/sarah-anderson/2024/12/02/terror-suspect-caught-at-the-northern-border-indicative-of-a-bigger-problem-n4934746

Human smugglers' social media advertising uncovered! “They're advertising. What's that tell you? When you start advertising, you're going to get more customers,” said the owner of land at the U.S.-Canada border in New York, highlighting the severity of the situation and the lack of governmental intervention. 🇨🇦#NoMoreLiberalsAndNDP🇨🇦 🇨🇦#SayingTheQuietPartOutLoud🇨🇦 🇨🇦#resigntrudeau🇨🇦 🇨🇦#JustSayNoMore🇨🇦 https://www.rebelnews.com/human_smugglers_social_media_advertising_uncovered

Donald Trump is not messing around. Last week, Trump threatened to impose 25 percent tariffs on all products coming into the United States from Mexico and Canada if those two countries do not work with him to secure our borders… https://activistpost.com/2024/12/we-have-never-seen-an-economic-war-quite-like-this.html

Illegal immigration in Canada is bringing fentanyl and chaos across the border! Donald Trump has announced that the United States will soon be imposing crippling tariffs on Canada if the government does not get the northern border under control. 🇨🇦#NoMoreLiberalsAndNDP🇨🇦 🇨🇦#SayingTheQuietPartOutLoud🇨🇦 🇨🇦#resigntrudeau🇨🇦 🇨🇦#JustSayNoMore🇨🇦 https://www.rebelnews.com/illegal_immigration_in_canada_is_bringing_chaos_across_the_border