The prime minister’s former top security adviser says drug cartel activity in Canada has increased and must be addressed before it goes out of hand.
“I would say that 10, 15, 20 years ago, we would not have used the word ‘cartel’ with regard to activity in Canada, but it’s very prevalent now,” Jody Thomas told Global News’ Mercedes Stephenson in an interview that aired Feb. 23.
Thomas served as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s National Security and Intelligence Advisor (NSIA) from January 2022 to January 2024. She was previously deputy minister of defence.
“It’s becoming a problem, and we have an opportunity here to get a grip on it before it becomes a national crisis,” she said, when asked by Stephenson to comment on Ottawa’s recent decision to list five Mexican drug cartels and two street gangs as terrorist entities….