Border guards will get guns: Tory justice critic
Published by Patrick January 25th, 2006 in Lower Mainland, National Issues, Treasury Board Tags: cbsa, news, tories.
VANCOUVER — The Conservative justice critic says the party will stand behind its promise to give guns to Canadian border guards.Vic Toews’ pledge comes a day after two murder suspects from California made a run for the border south of Vancouver before they were stopped in a shootout.
Toews says it’s just a matter of how soon the Canadian officers can be trained and the firearms issued.
His comments came as B-C Solicitor General John Les was calling on the new Tory government to arm border guards.
Toews says he was disturbed Canadian guards left their posts yesterday as the gunmen approached, but he understands because of the threat to their personal safety.
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