Public Safety Minister Vic Toews: Toews

Canada Border Services Agency Dept: SURREY, B.C. - Public Safety Minister Vic Toews says he's not interested in speeding up the arming of border guards, despite the shooting this week that sent a guard at a B.C. crossing to hospital with a gunshot wound, according to Winnipeg Free Press. But Toews says he's concerned that any effort to speed up that training might compromise safety and police officers investigate the scene of a shooting at the Canadian border crossing in Surrey, B.C., Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012. Ontario Provincial Police have identified a Canadian border guard shot in the neck while on the job at a crossing south of Vancouver.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward The Canada Border Services Agency said in 2006 that it planned to arm its 4,800 guards within 10 years, and so far, just under half have been trained. Related Items Articles Canadian border guard shot in neck; gunman kills self (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.