Why are other agencies stepping in to protect Canadians from Air Force members?

In a pair of recent instances, the CBSA and the OPP are arresting senior officers in the RCAF on firearms infractions to ‘keep Canadians safe.’

A senior officer with the Royal Canadian Air Force has been charged after the Canada Border Services Agency seized various prohibited weapons including handguns, assault rifles, shot guns, ammunition, and magazines in October 2023. Photograph courtesy of the CBSA

Opinion

BY SCOTT TAYLOR

November 20, 2023

OTTAWA—Glancing through the Ottawa Citizen on Nov. 17, I almost skimmed past an article with the headline “RCAF officer charged with firearms offences after police searches.” I initially assumed that this was an update on the bizarre tale out of CFB Trenton th...

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