Adedokun Waliyu 
The U.S. Border Patrol station chief was worried.
On a late summer day in 2000, he pointed to the hidden inlets along the St. Lawrence River — perfect spots for smuggling drugs, guns and people.
Of particular concern were an influx of people from the Middle East. This was a year before the terrorist attacks on 9/11 that killed nearly 3,000 people.
“The border with Canada has always been a lot quieter than the southern border. They have all the resources, the manpower and we have to make do,” the agent told me.
Fast forward to 2024.
There have been at least six foiled terrorism attacks in Canada since Hamas unleashed a massacre last Oct. 7. Sadly, the Liberal government’s calculations on math as simple as two plus two appears broken.
According to CBC News, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) says they encountered 19,498 migrants on the northern border between October 2023 and July 2024. Along Quebec’s border with New York and Vermont, the tally was 15,612.
All were inadmissible to the U.S.
More than twice as many as in the previous year.
No doubt, most were economic migrants looking for a better life. But there were no doubt outliers with terror and criminal connections.
Over the past few years, Canada has allowed a flood of people into the country with miniscule vetting, sometimes just a quick 10-minute interview.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his “it’s a small world after all” government appear to believe it’s a problem for the Americans, that our hands are clean.
They are not.
Depending on who wins the presidential election in November — and it may not matter whether it’s Donald Trump or Kamala Harris — this inaction, inattention and utter indifference will affect Canadians. Trump has voiced deep worries about the northern border.
“I hate to admit it, but I think that Donald Trump is right on this, that there is a need to focus north,” Kelly Sundberg of Mount Royal University told CBC News.
“But it’s not just the Trump campaign. The (Harris) campaign has indicated also that they have acknowledged that there’s concerns on the northern border.”
Pakistani national — on a student visa, natch — Muhammad Shahzeb Khan was nabbed on Sept. 4 in Quebec. His alleged quest was to make a pilgrimage to New York City.
