(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

Bill Gates Admits 'Disease X' is Elite's 'Final Solution' for a New World Order https://thepeoplesvoice.tv/bill-gates-admits-disease-x-is-elites-final-solution-for-a-new-world-order/ via @realtpv

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

LEVY: Ditch the DEI and get your house in order, TDSB 🇨🇦#NoMoreLiberalsAndNDP🇨🇦 🇨🇦#SayingTheQuietPartOutLoud🇨🇦 🇨🇦#resigntrudeau🇨🇦 🇨🇦#JustSayNoMore🇨🇦 https://tnc.news/2024/12/10/levy-ditch-dei-house-in-order-tdsb/ via @truenorthcentre

Johns Hopkins psychiatrist: Transgender is ‘mental disorder’; sex reassignment ‘biologically impossible’ via @IFamNewsEN https://ifamnews.com/en/johns-hopkins-psychiatrist-transgender-is-mental-disorder-sex-reassignment-biologically-impossible

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

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump announced the creation of a Department of Government Efficiency, with a mandate to “dismantle government bureaucracy, slash excess regulations, cut wasteful expenditures, and restructure federal agencies.” Those marching orders sure would sound good in a prime minister’s mandate letter to a finance minister. And here’s the blueprint they should follow. Begin with crazy research Canadian taxpayers are forced to subsidize. https://www.westernstandard.news/opinion/terrazzano-we-need-elon-musk-here-now/59606

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