Senator’s Bill Would Give Police Power to Intercept Mail in Transit

Senator’s Bill Would Give Police Power to Intercept Mail in Transit
Canada Post trucks at a sorting centre in Montreal in an undated photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
Marnie Cathcart
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Canada Post is the shipping method of choice for fentanyl drug dealers, and is often the only way to ship illicit substances into rural and remote communities, Senator Pierre Dalphond told a Senate committee on Dec. 1.

Dalphond has introduced a bill to amend parts of the Canada Post Corporation Act to give police the power to intercept and seize contraband sent by mail. The bill is in second reading.