Minister of Border Security and Organized Crime Reduction

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Minister of Border Security and Organized Crime Reduction was a short‑lived Canadian cabinet role created in July 2018 under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. It focused on fighting organized crime and irregular migration and was part of Public Safety Canada. Critics said the role created an unfounded sense of crisis and blended border security with crime, causing confusion with responsibilities already handled by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship and Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, which oversee agencies like the Canada Border Services Agency and the RCMP. Bill Blair was the only minister to hold the post before it was abolished on November 20, 2019. In 2024, Dominic LeBlanc took on the border security duties, but the role is not an official ministry.