Canada Border Services Agency President Luc Portelance and Correctional Service

Correctional Service: Canada Border Services Agency president Luc Portelance raised the possibility with the federal Correctional Service because the border agency feared running out of space to hold people, newly disclosed documents show. , according to CBC. In a letter to Correctional Service commissioner Don Head, Portelance noted the border agency was assessing options for "increasing its capacity" and wanted to explore the prison service "expertise and facilities to hold immigration detainees." Canada border agency pursued the idea of putting immigrant detainees in federal prison despite concerns about locking up newcomers with violent offenders. immigration arrests during spot checks stir controversy OPP did not have 'leading role' in immigration arrests The proposal provides an inside glimpse of a federal organization straining to find accommodation for the immigrants it puts behind bars as the government was bolstering its powers to detain more newcomers. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.