Canada’s border security jobs are being cut. This makes all Canadians vulnerable. Harper’s Conservatives are cutting public services across the country, without regard for the safety and welfare of millions of Canadians.
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– The government plans to eliminate almost 1,100 positions at the Canada Border Services Agency by 2017, cuts that include front-line border workers, intelligence officials and sniffer-dog teams. (Source: CBSA Reports on Plans and Priorities)
– The government is cutting staff despite an increase in drug busts by CBSA security at the borders and indications of a rise in illegal weapons entering Canada.
– Government data show that more than 3,000 flights over the last two years have failed to provide complete passenger information to the CBSA because smaller airports have no Border Services Officers.
– Fewer Border Services Officers have meant a sharp decline in the number of fake passports being detected at ports of entry. (Source: La Presse)
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