Canadian Border Services Agency and National Geographic Channel

CBSA: On Monday, the Canadian Border Services Agency agreed to end its participation in the controversial reality television show Border Security: Canada Front Line, which began airing on the National Geographic Channel in 2012, according to Rabble. In a decision this week, the federal privacy commissioner Daniel Therrien ruled that the CBSA broke the law by participating in the show and violated key provisions of the Privacy Act, according to a press release from No One Is Illegal. Chip in to keep stories like these coming. Following a March 2013 CBSA raid of a Vancouver construction site, which ended in the deportation of at least eight men and was filmed by Force Four Productions for the show, a coalition of 90 human and migrants rights groups organized a "Cancel Border Security" campaign to call for the show immediate cancellation. Cancel Border Security campaign The Cancel Border Security campaign challenged the show ethics on informed consent and argued the show violated the privacy and dignity of those filmed. Yesterday, the group celebrated a significant win for the "vulnerable migrants and citizens being interrogated, detained and deported." "The cancellation of the show is really huge and hopefully makes the CBSA accountable for their decisions for taking part in this private entertainment company that was making entertainment out of the lives of migrants," Shireen Soofi, a member of the Cancel Border Security Campaign and the migrants rights groups End Immigration Detention and No One Is Illegal told rabble in a phone interview. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.