Customs And Immigration Union: Canada Border Services Agency

Conservative MP Candice Hoeppner Dept: The Customs and Immigration Union said the proposed cuts will lead to more drugs, weapons and child pornography getting into the hands of street gangs and criminals, according to CTV. But Conservative MP Candice Hoeppner, parliamentary secretary to the minister of public safety, said Fortin "sounded quite extreme, fear-mongering," and there was "a bit of grandstanding going on." The union representing Canada's customs agents and border guards says cuts at the Canada Border Services Agency threaten public safety, while a Conservative MP accuses the union of fear mongering. "The reductions are a direct attack to our national security and public safety," the national president of the Customs and Immigration Union, Jean-Pierre Fortin, told reporters in Ottawa Thursday. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.