Canada-US Meeting to Focus on Fight Against Cross-Border Gun Smuggling, Opioids

A car heads to the U.S. border crossing in Lacolle, Que., south of Montreal, on Aug. 9, 2021. The Canadian Press/Ryan Remiorz

Co-operation on targeting cross-border gun smuggling will top the agenda today when senior justice and public safety officials from Canada and the United States meet in Ottawa.

The Canada-U. S. Cross-Border Crime Forum brings together Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino, Justice Minister David Lametti and their U.S. counterparts, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and Attorney General Merrick Garland.