Information Source: CBC News · Posted: Feb 13, 2025
Drugs, guns, crime from US— most flow north, not south.
The data reveals the U.S. is the primary concern when it comes to illegal firearms because, by comparison, just 93 were found by officials coming from other countries last year.
Canadian police have long warned that illegal U.S. firearms are driving gun-related crime in this country.
In 2024 in Toronto alone, the Toronto Police Service (TPS) seized 717 crime guns and a stunning 88 per cent of those were sourced to the U.S., according to TPS data shared with CBC News.
Of those firearms, 515 were handguns and 91 per cent of those were traced to the U.S.
Since 2018, anywhere from 70 to 88 per cent of guns seized by TPS have been traced to the U.S., a spokesperson for the police force.
Suggestion to President Trump: Appoint a GUN/DRUG CZAR to patrol the US side of the border to staunch the overwhelming flow of guns,drugs and crime into Canada.
