Luc Portelance and Steven Blaney

Steven Blaney: Both Steven Blaney and the head of the border guards union sent letters to agency president Luc Portelance after the suspensions. In his Aug. 12 letter, Blaney asked for a report on this incident and further clarification on the policy of the agency on requests for assistance in cases such as this, according to The Star. We re concerned that disciplinary actions were taken against these border service officers, he said in an emailed statement. Not only do we support but, in fact, we expect law-enforcement officers to take action to put dangerous and violent criminals behind bars where they belong and The Canada Border Services Agency is ignoring the protests of the federal public safety minister over the suspension of three Manitoba border guards who left their posts to help the arrest a suspect. Jason Tamming, the ministers press secretary, said Blaney has yet to receive a reply, let alone a report. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.