Canadas Plan To Avoid Trumps Tariffs Takes Shape

Canada is working on a broad plan, including drones and police dogs, to address concerns raised by President-elect Donald J.Trump about the shared border between the two nations, underscoring the urgency of avoiding threatened tariffs that would send its economy into meltdown.

Mr.Trump has made it clear that he expects America’s neighbors to keep undocumented migrants and drugs from entering the United States.

In a closely watched meeting between Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada and the leaders of the country’s provinces on Wednesday, Mr.Trudeau and senior members of his government said that they would come up with measures to fortify the border.

The Canadian government will flesh out details, figure out a price tag, establish a timeline and then present the plan to the incoming Trump administration before Mr.Trump’s inauguration next month, according to two officials with knowledge of the discussions, who asked not to be identified describing internal deliberations.

Details of the costs of these measures will be shared on Monday, when the country’s finance minister announces an interim budget, the officials said.The measures under consideration include better controlling border crossings by deploying drones and canine units and reducing unnecessary foot traffic between the two countries, according to the two officials, who listened in on the virtual government meeting.We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.

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