In 2013, CBSA installed Automated Border Clearance (ABC) kiosks at three airports: Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver. These kiosks are having a detrimental effect on the security of Canadians. You can’t replace people with machines. Since the introduction of this technology, seizures have dropped by 25%. On October 8, more than 100 CIU members demonstrated at […]
On Thursday October 8, one hundred CIU members in Vancouver voiced their concerns regarding the Harper government systematically attacking our rights and collective agreements. First it was severance, then it was our right to strike. The Conservatives are putting national security at risk by cutting CBSA staff and replacing officers with machines.
At the November 20, 2014 16th annual Quebec Police Awards in Montreal, Brother Charles Dudemaine, Intelligence Analyst, was awarded an honorary plaque for having helped put a stop to human trafficking that was occurring in Quebec. Those entering Canada illegally were using unguarded roads in the regions of Stanstead and Trout River as well as waterways on […]
On May 13th, 2014, CIU’s National President, Jean-Pierre Fortin, met with Public Safety Minister Steven Blaney. The meeting provided him with an opportunity to raise some of the major issues the CIU is facing.
On March 24, 2014, Brother Jean-Pierre Fortin, National President, appeared before the Senate Standing Committee on National Security and Defence
