Canadian border police to be armed
Published 5 September 2006
Decision follows concerns about terrorism, drug smuggling; labor unrest at issue; unarmed border patrol agents argued against unsafe working conditions, walked off jobs when fugitives approached
Enough with the Dudley Do-Little jokes. Fulfilling a campaign promise, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced last week that the nation’s border guards will be issued side arms as early as September 2007. As it stands now, they protect themselves with bulletproof vests, pepper spray and batons