The Canadian government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will bolster border enforcement, a top official of his administration said, following the Liberal leader's meeting with Donald Trump in Florida last week.

The Canadian government made clear its beefing up its border security apparatus after President-elect Donald Trump threatened to impose sweeping

Canadian officials announced plans on Monday to strengthen border security following discussions between Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and US president-elect Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago, prompted by

The U.S. president-elect hasn’t yet said he will back down from his plan to slap 25-per-cent tariffs on Canadian imports

As U.S. president-elect Donald Trump threatens to hit Canada with tariffs that could weaken the country's economy, the Trudeau government is promising to tighten up monitoring at the shared border to address his concerns.

With U.S. president-elect Donald Trump threatening to impose a 25 per cent tariff on all Canadian imports if Canada doesn't crack down on illegal immigration and drug smuggling, Ottawa is look at ways to rapidly increase security at the border.

Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc said it is important to step up border security in a "visible and muscular way" after Trump threatened blanket tariffs.

Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc says Canada is committed to increasing the number of RCMP officers patrolling the U.S. border between ports of entry, though he said specific details are still to come.