Canadian security agencies are “exercising increased vigilance” after the assassination attempt against former U.S. president Donald Trump over the weekend, the federal public safety minister said.
Dominic LeBlanc said in a series of posts on X that he had been briefed on Sunday by officials from Public Safety Canada, the RCMP commissioner and the director of CSIS in the wake of the deadly shooting at a Trump rally in Pennsylvania.
“They have assured me that they are exercising increased vigilance and are in close contact with their American partners,” LeBlanc said.
“I have every confidence that they will continue to keep Canadians safe.”
Speaking to reporters in New Brunswick on Monday, LeBlanc said the government won’t talk about specific security measures.
“But I am confident that the RCMP will do what’s necessary to protect elected leaders in Canada,” he added.
Global News is awaiting responses from the RCMP and CSIS on increased security measures in Canada in the wake of the Trump assassination attempt.
U.S. investigators are still looking for the motive behind Saturday’s shooting that injured Trump and left two people dead, including the shooter, in Butler, Pa. Two spectators were also critically injured.
The FBI, which has identified 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks as the suspected gunman, said it was investigating the shooting as a potential act of domestic terrorism.
As the probe continues, LeBlanc said Canadian security agencies and law enforcement organizations “stand ready to assist” their U.S. counterparts in any way.
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