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Canadian Border Guards to be Armed...Finally!
CTV.ca ^
| 1/25/06
| CTV News Staff
Posted on 02/01/2006 4:54:48 AM PST by 1curiousmind
Conservative justice critic Vic Toews announced Wednesday that Canadian border guards will be armed as soon as possible.
The move will make good on a Tory campaign promise to beef up border security and respond to border guards' long standing plea to carry weapons.
"It's simply a practical matter of how soon these officers can be trained and the firearms issued to them," Toews said.
TOPICS: Canada; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: border; canada; security; terrorism
Not a minute too soon. It would be nice if they were armed in time for the Superbowl, but not likely.
To: 1curiousmind
They have border guards in Canada?
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posted on
02/01/2006 5:05:42 AM PST
by
Brilliant
To: Brilliant
Yes, but recently they fled their posts when they were approached by an armed man wanted for murder. I'm not faulting the guards, hell if I were unarmed and had a murderer coming at me I probably wouldn't stick around either.
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posted on
02/01/2006 5:08:14 AM PST
by
Lurker
(I trust in God. Everybody else shows me their hands.)
To: Brilliant
Thats weird...I live in upstate New York and when I've gone to Canada I have always seen the guards have firearms. I'm talking about the guys in the booth asking the same questions over and over. I remember during the first year or so after 9/11 they actually had a series of stops with some guys with automatic weapons. No big deal, just thought I would mention that...perhaps its not about the guards manning the "booths"...?
To: repubzilla
Was it on the Canadian side or the American?
Maybe they were fake weapons.
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posted on
02/01/2006 5:11:49 AM PST
by
Brilliant
To: 1curiousmind
Having a tool in the tool-belt doesn't mean that it will be used or they know how. They need to protect the border instead of allowing terrorists into the country and harassing normal businessmen trying to enter without having to stretch the truth about why they are in Canada. Fear of Americans taking jobs away from the many immigrants who call themselves Canadians is far more important to the border guards in Canada than screening out terrorists. Different people at roads and bridges versus airports.
Canadians with guns? That is funny.
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posted on
02/01/2006 5:22:35 AM PST
by
kevinm13
(The Main Stream Media is dead! Fox News Channel Rocks!)
To: Brilliant
Canadian side...vests as well. I noted that because our patrol did not have them on...I believe they do now.
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