Mr. Chair, we will be able to provide that information to my colleague.
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Business of Supply June 5th, 2025
Mr. Chair, we will be able to provide that information to my colleague.
Business of Supply June 5th, 2025
Mr. Chair, there have been a number of seizures of firearms in different operations. There was Operation Blizzard, which was completed recently. There was an earlier seizure of a number of firearms. I do not have the exact number, but in terms of—
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Mr. Chair, for operational reasons, I probably should not be answering that question.
Business of Supply June 5th, 2025
Mr. Chair, again, I will be able to provide that information to my colleague at a later date.
Business of Supply June 5th, 2025
Mr. Chair, we will be able to provide those operational details to the member in short order.
Business of Supply June 5th, 2025
Mr. Chair, with an investment of $1.3 billion we are making toward the border, we will have 1,000 CBSA and 1,000 new RCMP officers to secure the border.
Business of Supply June 5th, 2025
Mr. Chair, I will be able to get that information for my colleague.
Business of Supply June 5th, 2025
Madam Chair, there are 10,000 frontline officers, both CBSA and RCMP, who are deployed to secure our border.
Business of Supply June 5th, 2025
Madam Chair, I did highlight some of this in my earlier speech.
The Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police is in support, as are the Canadian Police Association, the Canadian Centre for Child Protection and Leah West in The Globe and Mail, someone who writes a fair bit on national security. There are many more Canadians, organizations and parliamentarians who are supporting the bill.
Business of Supply June 5th, 2025
Madam Chair, back in December we committed to $1.3 billion in new investments to secure the border. Part of that is the hiring of 1,000 new RCMP and CBSA officers. There are currently 10,000 frontline officers who protect our border, and our intention is to strengthen that not just with personnel, but also with modern technology, including drones and including Black Hawk helicopters. We have three of them that are secured across Canada. There is the training and the personnel required to manage a 9,000-kilometre border. It is one of the largest borders in the world, and it is something that has often not been defended, but we are in a moment in history when we need to strengthen the resources. That is exactly what we are doing.