Terror designation for drug cartels risks opening "a huge, dangerous Pandora's box"

Top criminologist questions how we define 'cartels,' whether they are a major factor in Canada, and whether the counterterror approach will risk recreating the Arar affair

Blackhawk helicopters, as fentanyl ‘czar,’ and Canada’s agreement to designate cartels as terrorist entities are three key pillars of the new border security plan. It failed to deter Trump’s tariffs and criminologist Yvon Dandurand warns that the terror designation opens a “dangerous Pandora’s box.”

Canada’s quick agreement with the United States to desi…