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Bill C-2 is presented as the Strong Borders Act amending customs, drugs and immigration laws to boost Canada–US border security and expand examination and support powers for officers, while engaging C...
ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) conducts drug‑smuggling investigations primarily by building interagency task forces, formalizing agreements for cross‑designation and information sharing,...
The United States and Canada routinely conduct integrated, cross-border law enforcement operations under formal frameworks that permit designated officers from one country to operate in the other’s te...
The available analyses show for the immigration challenges; responsibility is distributed across partisan priorities, policy choices, and administrative actions. Public opinion and legislative activit...
China has long been identified by U.S. and allied authorities as a major supplier of chemical inputs used to make illicit fentanyl; officials say Beijing recently agreed to add export licensing for 13...
If you tell a Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) officer at a Port of Entry (POE) in Ontario that you want to claim refugee protection, officials will process your claim right away: CBSA or Immigrat...
Law enforcement and regulators track a defined set of chemical precursors, reagents and equipment linked to illicit fentanyl manufacture—commonly cited examples include —and seizures show shipments fr...
Importing a pleasure boat into Canada in 2025 triggers federal GST of 5% on the value including any duty, and provincial sales tax or HST may also apply depending on where you clear customs (GST/HST r...
Canada’s dairy import rules remain tightly controlled in 2025: dairy imports require permits and tariff‑rate quotas (TRQs) with low within‑quota duties and very high over‑quota levies (examples: chedd...
Yes — people do enter Canada outside official ports of entry (commonly called "irregular" crossings), and Canadian authorities both record and respond to those crossings, but the legal and practical c...
Bill C-2 — branded by the government as the Strong Borders Act — is backed publicly by the federal Liberal government as a pillar of its border-security agenda and by law‑enforcement groups arguing it...
Available reporting does not identify specific U.S. dairy shipments that were physically turned away at the Canada border in 2025; contemporary coverage focuses on quota rules, allocation practices an...
Claims that "Vancouver ports move $900 million in illegal goods daily" are not found in the available reporting; sources describe concerns about contraband at B.C. ports, low inspection rates and very...
Canada uses tariff‑rate quotas (TRQs) for U.S. dairy: specified volumes enter at low or zero duty while any imports beyond those quotas face very high “over‑quota” tariffs that routinely exceed 200% f...
Bill C-2, introduced June 3, 2025 as the “Strong Borders Act,” bundles broad changes to border management, immigration, law enforcement powers, and financial-surveillance measures — including expanded...
Bill C-2 is omnibus “Strong Borders” legislation that, if enacted, would expand law‑enforcement and national‑security powers (including new definitions and access to “subscriber information,” expanded...
The claim that a government shutdown will automatically produce is not supported as a categorical truth; federal agencies report that core border enforcement and ports of entry operations remain activ...
Courts, human-rights groups, and policy analyses show that asylum seekers and other noncitizens face a fragmented set of rights and detention standards that vary sharply by country and by agency, with...
ICE’s published Physical Fitness Test (PFT) requires , and recent reporting shows , raising concerns about readiness . The FBI’s 2025 update replaces sit‑ups with pull‑ups, tightens event design (300‑...
Yes — , but the process depends on customs reporting, duties/taxes, and applicable trade rules; recent summaries indicate arrivals from Europe generally face no new tariffs under existing arrangements...