Posted on 06/15/2005 7:20:26 AM PDT by Levante
The Senate Standing Committee on National Security and Defence is set to call for an armed presence at all Canada-U.S. border crossings in a major report on border security to be released today.
The committee, which has been studying the state of border security, is expected to recommend that the RCMP have an officer posted at each border crossing into Canada and, if that cannot be accomplished, to allow Canada Border Services Agency officers at the crossing points to have guns, sources close to the committee tell the National Post.
(Excerpt) Read more at canada.com ...
Yup, they are unarmed in Canada. No wonder the world thinks Canadians are a nice "simple" people.
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