Canada announces new border funding after Trump tariff threat

On January 20th, as one of my many first Executive Orders, I will sign all necessary documents to charge Mexico and Canada a 25% Tariff on ALL products coming into the United States, and its ridiculous Open Borders,

Trump wrote on Truth Social

Trump got elected on a commitment to make life better and more affordable for Americans, and I think people south of the border are beginning to wake up to the real reality that tariffs on everything from Canada would make life a lot more expensive,

the prime minister said in a speech last week

Here’s the thing: they haven’t committed an offense until they’ve crossed into the United States. So our focus for the past few months, actually the past year and a half, has been on arresting and prosecuting the smugglers,

he added

If it comes to Alberta or Quebec, that is their choice. They believe in diplomacy, good luck,

he said at the time

I don't want this to happen, but my number one job is to protect Ontario, Ontarians and Canadians as a whole, since we're the largest province,

he said on Wednesday

I believe, after a conversation last night, we have a unified strategy,

Ford said ahead of a summit with the heads of each province and territory in Mississauga on Monday

The imposition of tariffs by the U.S. would be a significant failure on the part of the federal government. To protect workers, we need a full ‘Team Canada’ approach. That means that the federal government needs to do better engaging with premiers as it deals with the threat of tariffs with regular meetings with the prime minister and whoever is on his team that takes a role on U.S. relations,

Ford said

Well, that’s OK. That’s fine.”

Trump was asked about Ford’s energy threat last week, to which he said

Today has been an important reminder of how critical it is that premiers work together. No matter what’s happening (in) Ottawa, all of us premiers will remain united as ‘Team Canada’ to provide steady and stable leadership during these uncertain times,

Ford said following Monday’s premiers meeting, which he chaired

I think we all are, but again, this is a time for the premiers to step up — which we’re going to — and project unity across the country,

Ford said when asked if he was concerned about Freeland’s departure, who serves as deputy prime minister and finance minister

With a new administration taking office in the United States, it's never been more important for Canada's premiers to work together to protect Canadian jobs and build up stronger partnerships on both sides of the border,

Ford wrote in a statement ahead of the meeting

Where we differ, I was speaking very clearly for Ontario, and I still speak for Ontario,

Ford said at a Friday press conference

As for the federal government, there's a lot of stuff going on up there right now, so I'll leave it at that, but I can assure you that the premiers will take a very big role on the negotiations,

Ford said

I think it's critical the premiers take a bigger role, because it's going to affect each province and each territory and we'll definitely be taking a bigger role,

Ford said

The only thing that you do is that you are pushing people to risk it,

said Action Refugies executive director Carlos Rojas Salazar

There's a lot of talk around whether or not we would enhance technological capacity at the border. There's a lot of talk around increased patrolling. But all of that so far, I think, serves first and foremost to show that we're taking seriously the border,

said Lama Mourad, an assistant professor at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University

Even if we were everywhere, we couldn't stop it,

said Charles Poirier, an RCMP spokesperson in Quebec

People can still hop over them,

said Royal Canadian Mounted Police Sergeant Daniel Dubois

Marc Miller (politician)immigration Minister

We have a very important activity to undertake to make sure that we give confidence to the U.S. that we have an immigration system that they can manage for,

Canada's Immigration Minister Marc Miller told a private meeting last month with the Canadian Council for Refugees advocacy group, ... according to a recording obtained by Reuters

These migrants are coming 72 feet from our bedroom window,

Rowe said