India, Feb. 12 -- The Canadian government has appointed a former law enforcement professional with intelligence experience as its new Fentanyl Czar.

The announcement of the appointment of Kevin Brosseau to the position was made by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday.

Brosseau is currently serving as the Deputy National Security and Intelligence Advisor and earlier, was with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) for two decades including as its Deputy Commissioner from 2016 to 2019.

The post of Fentanyl Czar was created as part of a package of concessions made by Ottawa to allay threats made United States President Donald Trump of levying a 25 per cent tariff on Canadian imports unless it controlled the flow of the deadly drug a...