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To: Ichy Smith who wrote (185728)	11/8/2006 5:25:37 PM
From: Snowshoe	Read Replies (2) of 793835

Canadian border guards are finally going to get guns. Now they won't have to run away when the bad guys show up... Border guards to start getting guns in 2007 Last Updated: Thursday, August 31, 2006 \| 3:04 PM ET CBC News cbc.ca Ottawa will begin arming 4,400 border guards next year, Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced Thursday. But it will take at least 10 years to fully implement the plan, which includes training the guards. Harper, speaking at the Pacific Highway border crossing in Surrey, B.C., confirmed the plans first announced in the federal budget. About 5,000 Canada Border Services Agency officers have been demanding to be armed like their American counterparts to help them deal with cross-border criminal activity. They have complained that their jobs are not safe, prompting some guards to abandon their posts amid reports of armed suspects headed their way. Harper said border guards will be armed starting in September 2007. The federal government will have at least 150 armed officers at border crossings by the end of March 2008.

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