Kanata Border cops and guns.....

[giowest]

TORONTO — Canada will arm its border guards starting in 2007, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Thursday. Canada has unarmed guards along its 4,000-mile border with the U.S., but Canada's will now be armed, as their U.S. counterparts are.
The government plans to arm and train its 4,500 border agents over the next 10 years. Harper said some will be armed starting in September of 2007 and about 150 will receive guns by the end of March 2008.
The Canadian side of the U.S.-Canada border is monitored by the Canada Border Services Agency.

They have been demanding guns to help them deal with cross-border criminal activity.
Officers abandoned their posts in British Columbia earlier this year when they were told that two murder suspects from California were headed their way, in an embarrassment to the former Liberal government. The men were apprehended by armed U.S. law enforcement officers.
CountryWatch: Canada
Canada's Conservative party defeated the Liberals in elections last January and promised that they expected to arm border guards soon.


Harper also reiterated Wednesday that $101 million Canadian (US$81 million) will be spent to hire 400 additional officers. They will be used, among other things, to double up on Canada-U.S. border crossings that only have a single officer on duty.
"Arming CBSA officers and eliminating situations where these officers work alone will allow them to do their job better and more effectively," Harper said in a statement.


So like, it's going to take them a year and a half to get 150 guns out to 4300 plus cops?.[smilie=f:

 

[mopar_man]

So like, it's going to take them a year and a half to get 150 guns out to 4300 plus cops?.[smilie=f:[/quote]

That's the Canadian government for you. I didn't even know they aren't armed. Are they like rent-a-cops with their shiny whistles and pepper spray? :huh:

 

[J.C. Corbett]

This may be the reason for arming them.:toot:


Subject: The Other Border


Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2006
Toronto Times


The flood of American liberals sneaking across the border into Canada has intensified in the past week, sparking calls for increased patrols to stop the illegal immigration.

The unflinching arrogance of the Bush Administration is prompting the exodus among liberal citizens who fear they'll soon be required to hunt, pray, and agree with Bill O'Reilly.

Canadian border farmers say it's not uncommon to see dozens of Sociology professors, animal-rights activists, and Unitarians crossing their fields at night. "I went out to milk the cows the other day, and there was a Hollywood producer huddled in the barn," said Manitoba farmer Red Greenfield, whose acreage borders North Dakota. The producer was cold, exhausted and hungry.

"He asked me if I could spare a latte and some free-range chicken. When I said I didn't have any, he left. Didn't even get a chance to show him my screenplay."

In an effort to stop the illegal aliens, Greenfield erected higher fences, but the liberals scaled them. So he tried installing speakers that blare Rush Limbaugh across the fields. "Not real effective," he said. "The liberals still got through, and Rush annoyed the cows so much they wouldn't give milk"

Officials are particularly concerned about smugglers who meet liberals near the Canadian border, pack them into Volvo station wagons, drive them across the border and leave them to fend for themselves. "A lot of these people are not prepared for rugged conditions," an Ontario border patrolman said.

"I found one carload without a drop of drinking water. They did have a pleasant little Napa Valley cabernet, though."

When liberals are caught, they're sent back across the border, often wailing loudly that they fear retribution from conservatives. Rumors have been circulating about the Bush administration establishing re-education camps in which liberals will be forced to drink domestic beer and watch NASCAR.

Liberals have turned to sometimes-ingenious ways of crossing the border. Some have taken to posing as senior citizens on bus trips to buy cheap Canadian prescription drugs. After catching a half-dozen young vegans disguised in powdered wigs, Canadian immigration authorities began stopping buses and quizzing the supposed senior-citizen passengers. "If they can't identify the accordion player on The Lawrence Welk Show, we get suspicious about their age," an official said.

Canadian citizens have complained that the illegal immigrants are creating an organic-broccoli shortage and renting all the good Susan Sarandon movies.

"I feel sorry for American liberals, but the Canadian economy just can't support them," an Ottawa resident said. "How many art-history majors does one country need?"

In an effort to ease tensions between the United States and Canada, Vice President Dick Cheney met with the Canadian ambassador and pledged that the administration would take steps to reassure liberals, a source close to Cheney said. "We're going to have some Peter, Paul & Mary concerts. And we might put some endangered species on postage stamps. The president is determined to reach out."

 

[Mark Nixon]

For unarmed people, Candian Boarder idiots sure have nasty attitudes.
How do they deal with a pissed off person without any real weaponry on their own person?

Spit at them?

Mark.

 

[project74]

My dad was a Canadian border guard for over 30 years. There were times when someone with a firearm had to be dealt with and being a Vietnam vet he dealt with several...brutally. In most cases the suspect usually ended up unconcious or hospitalized having been unable to pull thier smoker in close quarters. He always said the officers should have been armed but in the same breath said he wouldn't trust 90% of his coworkers with one Many decent officers working on this side but a lot of ho hum pusses too, very unlike the vast majority of professionals found on the U.S. side.

 

[restoman]

For unarmed people, Candian Boarder idiots sure have nasty attitudes.

HeHeHE, you sure got that one right!

Couple of my buddies are border agents, and they are different, to say the least.

But on the other hand, I've run into some real Gung Ho American border dudes over the years as well. you didn't dare talk back to those guys - you'd find yourself in a Detroit jail watching your dance card fill up.[smilie=f:
Ten years to fully arm Canada's border. Can ya tell its of vital importance to the goverment?

 

[dodgedifferent2]

For unarmed people, Candian Boarder idiots sure have nasty attitudes.
How do they deal with a pissed off person without any real weaponry on their own person?

Spit at them?

Mark.

in Sarnia they call for backup from the Sarnia police Department or the Ontario Provincial Police. Makes sense so that the criminal can blow up the briidge before the police actually arrive.

In windsor a Windsor police cruiser sits at the border 24-7. Its a dedicated car and an officer that hangs around the area 24-7. So he/she basically act as a customs officer, but dont do customs work unless something happens.
Glad to see taxpayers dollars being used wisely:doh:

 

[Not A Duster]

Sorry - - I consider my political preferences to be somewhat right of center, but frankly I think Harper's government appears to be just a clueless as the one it replaced.

...Left, right, whatever - politicians are all there for the career opportunities and the fat pension these days.

As mentioned, when I was on the road, the Canadian border guards were the tougest to deal with as a rule...

...The American guards however were more likely to take a look at the length of someone's hair and snap on the rubber gloves.....[smilie=f:

-Of course this was long before 9-11

 

[giowest]

This may be the reason for arming them.:toot:



. "We're going to have some Peter, Paul & Mary concerts. And we might put some endangered species on postage stamps. The president is determined to reach out."

rofl

 

[Foggy]

Don't they realize the Preditor will get them if they're carrying weapons?:shifty: