New tech and ‘people, people, and more people’ on CBSA’s border wish list

Beefing up border security will require a 'team effort' with the RCMP and U.S. agencies in response to American tariff threats, says a CBSA VP.

In the first three quarters of 2024, the Canada Border Services Agency seized more than 25,000 kilograms of illicit drugs, 15,000 weapons, and 800 guns, according to the agency's year-end report.Unsplash photograph by Hermes Rivera

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BY STUART BENSON

December 17, 2024

Canada’s border enforcement agencies are looking for the feds to grant their wish list of high-tech surveillance and detection equipment, vehicles, and “people, people, and more people” to help secure the border and protect Canada’s economy from getting Scrooged by t...

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