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Manitoba’s premier says the province is readying its plans for “Trump 2.0” and for the southern border, as we near the return of the former president to the White House, and what some are worried could be a campaign of “shock and awe” once he gets there. “We’ll be ready for January 20,” Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew told reporters in Winnipeg Thursday afternoon, after taking part in a First Ministers meeting that included Canadian premiers and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday. The meeting was called to discuss issues surrounding next month’s inauguration of Donald Trump as the 47th U.S. president, and what it could mean for Canada, as Trump continues his threats to impose 25% tariffs on goods going from Canada into the U.S., and his threats of mass deportations of illegal immigrants. Trump also recently taunted Trudeau on social media, calling him the “governor of the great state of Canada,” and he continues to threaten tariffs unless Canada takes steps to curb illegal immigration into the U. S., and slow the influx of illegal drugs, including fentanyl. According to Kinew, securing the border and having more robust border security will be a focal point of Manitoba’s plan for Trump. “We’re developing an integrated plan that would see us investing in overtime with the RCMP, standing up an additional presence of motor carrier enforcement on roads and highways connecting to the American border, and then of course, the use of conservation officers,” Kinew said. “If their presence can help bolster border security then we are going to marshal those resources, and of course the technical tools including drones and access to helicopters.” Kinew first announced last Friday that conservation officers will soon be deployed to help with surveillance at the Canada-U.S. border in Manitoba, a plan that has already been criticized by the opposition PCs. “Instead of downloading these problems onto our hardworking conservation officers, all parties need to come together and develop real solutions that respond to the challenges ahead of us more thoughtfully,” Riding Mountain MLA Greg Nesbitt, the PC Critic for Environment and former natural resources minister said in a release. Leaders in some southern Manitoba border communities, including Emerson, which is home to the Pembina-Emerson Border Crossing, have been expressing concerns since Trump’s November election victory that his threats of mass deportations of illegal immigrants could send a wave of people suddenly coming north to Canada. Kinew said Thursday the province is taking Trump’s threats of mass deportations seriously, and planning for what some have said could be a campaign of “shock and awe from Trump 2.0” when it comes to immigration. “This was an election promise reiterated many times by Donald Trump,” Kinew said. “So part of having a presence with the border in advance of January 20 is, ‘what happens if there are mass deportations as a day one action of an incoming Trump administration? “What is going to happen if people voluntarily leave the United States in advance of a potential step like that? “Folks in southern Manitoba are concerned about the humanitarian aspect of this, they have seen what we call irregular crossings, and we have a moral responsibility to prepare for it.” A spokesperson from the National Headquarters of the RCMP confirmed in November after Trump was elected that RCMP across the country had been actively working on plans to deal with another Trump presidency and what it could mean for Canada’s southern border. “In anticipation of the U.S. election, the RCMP worked through various scenarios in the event of a sudden increase in irregular migration between official ports of entry at the Canada-U.S. border,” the spokesperson said. “Lessons learned from the migratory movement experienced by Canada between 2016 and 2023, which was in part related to the 2016 U.S. election, have provided us with the tools and insight necessary to address similar types of occurrences. “Any response to a sudden increase in irregular migration will be coordinated in conjunction with our various partners whose mandates relate to border security and immigration,” the spokesperson added. — Dave Baxter is a Local Journalism Initiative reporter who works out of the Winnipeg Sun. The Local Journalism Initiative is funded by the Government of Canada. Have thoughts on what’s going on in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada or across the world? Send us a letter to the editor at wpgsun.letters@kleinmedia.caLawmakers Push Bill to Break up Drug Middlemen, Affecting StocksNone
FREIBURG, Germany (AP) — Freiburg survived a late comeback to beat Wolfsburg 3-2 and move into fifth place in the Bundesliga on Friday. The sides started the day equal on points and Wolfsburg had won its last five games in the league and cup. But Lukas Kübler scored an opportunist opener three minutes before the break and added a second with his head six minutes into the second half to put Freiburg in the driving seat. Michael Gregoritsch added the third in the 62nd. Jonas Wind came off the bench to score his third goal in two games and Mattias Svanberg cut the deficit seven minutes from time as Wolfsburg desperately looked for a way into the game. But it was too late, and Freiburg moved above Wolfsburg to fifth place on the table and equal on points with Leipzig, which has a game in hand. The match was an important one for two teams vying for a Champions League place next year. Although Bayern Munich have a six-point advantage over second-placed Eintracht Frankfurt, only eight points separate the next nine clubs. AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccerBEIRUT: The Israeli military announced its “success in dismantling an underground tunnel in southern Lebanon, measuring 100 meters in length, leading to a hideout belonging to the Radwan Forces of Hezbollah.” Israeli forces, which have been infiltrating the border area in southern Lebanon since Oct. 1 continue to operate in the country despite the ceasefire agreement, with Saturday marking the beginning of the second month of the specified withdrawal deadline. While the Israeli military justified its hostile activities in southern Lebanon as “removing threats in line with the ceasefire understandings between Israel and Lebanon,” it said that “the 300th Brigade, in cooperation with the 146th Division and engineering forces, successfully dismantled the mentioned tunnel.” It added that “the specialized Yahalom Unit, dealing with explosives, secured and inspected the tunnel for threats. During the operations, large quantities of weapons were discovered inside the tunnel, including rifles, machine guns, anti-tank missiles, as well as advanced surveillance systems. All the equipment was confiscated and destroyed, including the tunnel itself.” The statement mentioned “the discovery of a stockpile of anti-tank missiles and heavy machine-gun positions directed toward Israeli sites near the tunnel.” It also noted that “the tunnel’s path led to a Hezbollah command center containing rocket launch platforms previously used against Israel during the war, as well as large quantities of explosives.” While the Israeli military continues to encroach upon the border area and prevents residents from accessing the area until further notice in an attempt to establish a buffer zone, anonymous statements circulated on social media calling for “popular resistance.” Activists supportive of Hezbollah criticized the Lebanese Army and state for not responding to the Israeli incursions into towns and villages and demanded that Hezbollah “arm and train us so we can resist the Israeli occupier and liberate our land with our own hands.” A statement signed by a group calling itself Youth of the Border Villages declared: “We find ourselves compelled to defend our villages and properties with whatever weapons are available, and we will not accept the continuation of this barbaric, systematic, and brutal aggression by the enemy. We will be forced to launch a southern popular resistance to confront this assault.” Another statement signed by a group called Youth of Beirut’s Southern Suburb called on “the Islamic Resistance in Lebanon, represented by Hezbollah, to fight in defense of the land, the people, and honor.” The statement referred to the Israeli violations that occurred after the ceasefire agreement was announced and stated that “given what has happened, after consulting with the Lebanese state and receiving no response, and consulting UNIFIL without receiving any answer, we hereby legally, morally, and ethically authorize Hezbollah and demand it to arm and train us so we can resist the Israeli occupier and liberate our land with our own hands.” However, despite these anonymous calls, the caretaker government, in which Hezbollah is a key partner, continues to affirm its commitment to the “ceasefire agreement and its insistence on implementing Resolution 1701 as a means to stop hostilities against Lebanon.” Meanwhile, Hezbollah continues to hold funerals for members killed in southern Lebanon. During the funeral of one in the city of Hermel on Saturday, Hezbollah MP Ihab Hamadeh condemned “the repeated Israeli violations of the ceasefire agreement.” He held “the Lebanese government and the committee overseeing the implementation of the ceasefire accountable,” asserting that “resistance remains the most effective option to confront the Israeli enemy.” On the other side of the border, the Lebanese General Security deported 67 Syrians who had entered Lebanese territory illegally through Al-Arida border crossing with Syria in the north. In a statement, the Internal Security Forces announced that they had “intercepted a bus carrying the Syrians in the Jbeil area. Upon inspection, 67 individuals were found on board, including men, women, and children, one of whom was an infant no older than 40 days. They had been smuggled into Lebanon from Syria to be transported to Beirut.” Meanwhile, media reports cited a Lebanese security source stating that “Rifaat Assad, uncle of the ousted Syrian president Bashar Assad, departed Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport for Dubai on Tuesday afternoon, accompanied by two individuals on a private jet.” On Friday, Lebanese General Security detained Rifaat Assad’s granddaughter and her mother at the airport after discovering both were carrying passports that had expired. Numerous former Assad regime officials have left the country via Lebanon since the fall of the regime. Among those was Bouthaina Shaaban, a senior adviser to the deposed leadership , according to Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi. However, security services arrested a former officer from the 4th Division, belonging to Syria’s Al-Kreidi family, while he was en route to Beirut with $170,000 in his possession. Meanwhile, security forces are still investigating whether the former head of Syrian Air Force Intelligence, Jamil Hassan — accused by US authorities of committing war crimes during Assad’s rule — is currently in Lebanon. The Lebanese judiciary received an Interpol request for his arrest, and Prime Minister Najib Mikati affirmed at the time that Lebanon “will cooperate with Interpol’s request.”