Budget Cuts: CBSA

Borders Dept: These proposed budget cuts would have a direct and real impact on Canadians and our communities across the country, said Mr. Fortin, who has worked for 30 years as a border guard. More child pornography entering the country, more weapons, illegal drugs, will pass through our borders, not to mention terrorists and sexual predators and hardened criminals. , according to Globe and Mail. Mr. Fortin said the CBSA s intelligence unit will be cut in half, meaning front-line border guards will have lower quality information in their database to nab suspected criminals. As an example, he said intelligence officers can flag travellers who often visit countries that are frequently visited by child pornographers and jean-Pierre Fortin, the union s national president, delivered the most alarming language of any public-service leader to date in describing the fallout of the Conservative government s 2012 budget cuts. He called the cuts a direct attack on Canada s national security. Speaking Thursday at a news conference on Parliament Hill, Mr. Fortin said the cuts will also lead to longer wait times at land and air borders. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.