Luc Portelance and Canada Border Services Agency

Canada Border Services Agency: Both Public Safety Minister Steven Blaney and Jean-Pierre Fortin, president of the Customs and Immigration Union, sent letters in August to agency president Luc Portelance outlining their concerns about the disciplinary action, according to CTV. "Please rest assured that I share your feelings about the importance of the issue," he wrote. "As you know, employees of the Canada Border Services Agency have access to a variety of transparent recourses to ensure their rights are respected when they challenge the disciplinary actions taken against them and - The Canada Border Services Agency has responded to concerns about the suspension of three Manitoba border guards who left their posts to help the by saying they can go through the normal grievance procedure. The union says that Portelance replied to Fortin on Wednesday and said he wants to see the grievance move ahead quickly "so that the arguments and concerns of the officers can be heard as soon as possible." (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.