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Deployment of armed CBSA officers at Canadian airports: Letter to Ministers...

Original letter sent to Ralph Goodale, Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, and Bill Blair, Minister of Border Security and Organized Crime Reduction...
Airplane on tarmac seen from above with the words "Arming at airports"

Press Release – Arming of CBSA officers at airports in Canada:...

OTTAWA, May 5, 2019 – The National President of the Customs and Immigration Union (CIU) has denounced as “troubling” the recent announcement by the...
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Update: Accommodations for Use of Force Limitations

On October 24, 2018, the CIU National Executive, Brother Star and Sister Amy Kishek, PSAC Legal Officer, met with the CBSA for a G-1...
Arming Initiative Featured Image, depicting the hand of a BSO on a holstered firearm

Update: Accommodations for Use of Force Limitations

On July 4, 2018, the CIU National Executive, the National Human Rights Representative Brother Star, Labour Relations Officer Sister Randle and PSAC Legal Officer...
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Deployments Without Full Defensive Equipment, Including Sidearm

In late May of this year, CIU became aware that CBSA would not be authorising the border officers deployed to this year’s G7 meeting...

Update Regarding Workplace Accommodation

On February 17, 2016, members of the CIU National Executive, Sister Lisa Addario (PSACLegal Officer), Brother Murray Star (EO Representative), Brother Bruno Loranger (Labour...

Update Regarding Workplace Accommodation

In September 2015, CIU provided an update to its members with respect to the arming initiative and the CBSA position that, as of April...

Strategy regarding workplace accomodation

It has been some time since we have provided an update to our members with respect to those of you who cannot take the...

CIU/PSAC and TB/CBSA resolve Unfair Labour Practice Complaint concerning erroneous information...

CIU National President Jean-Pierre Fortin and CIU Labour Relations Officer Laurel Randle, represented by Chantal Homier-Nehmé, PSAC Legal Officer and Andrew Raven of Raven...

Interim Memorandum of Agreement Concerning Arming and MMPI Extended

On Friday, August 29, legal counsel for CIU-PSAC signed an agreement with Treasury Board to extend the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) concerning CBSA’s arming...