The Conservatives have been in power in Ottawa for only a short time, and while that isn't an excuse it does take time to overcome damn near 13 years of LIEberal corruption, indifference and malfeasance, and that extends all the way through the federal government bureaucracy.
Look at our own State Department, on some days it wouldn't be unreasonable to think that it was staffed by clerks and middle managers trained by al Qaeda itself.
Canada has changed course, but any ship of state doesn't turn on a dime. Let's cut them some slack, and maybe loan their border guards some extra M16s, how about it?
The union is all for guns and have been begging for the ability to protect their post.
The Tories come from Alberta where things get done. I would think with the escalation of these events, at least the Grits would put the national defence forces at the border until the regulars can get trained.