The federal government appointed former Mountie Kevin Brosseau as Canada’s new “fentanyl czar” on Tuesday — a role created in part to soothe U.S. President Donald Trump’s concerns about the northern border and pause a developing trade war.
As the government’s point-person on the file, Brosseau is being asked to work closely with U.S. counterparts and law enforcement agencies to “accelerate Canada’s ongoing work to detect, disrupt and dismantle the fentanyl trade,” said a statement from the Prime Minister’s Office.
“The scourge of fentanyl must be wiped from the face of the Earth, its production must be shut down and its profiteers must be punished,” said the statement.
