Canada begins series of border security exercises
This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:
Hibapress / Radio-Canada
A first border security exercise took place Friday in Ontario.
The Federal Minister of Public Security, David McGuintyannounced in the evening the launch of a series of exercises led by the Government of Canada in collaboration with provincial and territorial governments to strengthen Canada’s capacity to respond to events that occur at the border.
The Ontario government collaborative exercise was the first in this series.
These exercises are based on Canada’s Border Plan announced in the wake of the declarations of the American president-elect Donald Trump.
In a post on social media after his election, Mr. Trump threatened to impose high tariffs on Canada and Mexico until those two countries stopped drugs and illegal immigrants from crossing the borders into the United States.
The Canada Border Plan announced by the Trudeau government in December has a budget of $1.3 billion over six years. It provides for more robust law enforcement at the border, including drones, helicopters, mobile surveillance towers and new canine teams.
During the first exercise on Friday, officials from the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) and the departments of Public Safety Canada and Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC ) met with their Ontario counterparts to discuss how to best prepare for and respond to potential situations that could arise on either side of the Canada-U.S. borderindicates a press release from the federal government.
