The terms of reference for appointing Canada’s first fentanyl czar will be finalized by the end of the week, Public Safety Minister David McGuinty said Thursday, who also committed the government to “absolutely” filling the role by the time the country reaches the end of its 30-day reprieve period from U.

Public Safety Minister David McGuinty says the person chosen to be fentanyl czar, a new position that Canada is creating after a deal with U.S. President Donald Trump, will need to play a commanding role in a national campaign to stamp out illegal production and distribution of the deadly opioid.