Canada Border Services Agency ‘Desperately Understaffed,’ Union President Testifies

Canada Border Services Agency ‘Desperately Understaffed,’ Union President Testifies
A file photo of a CBSA officer removing a mattress that was used to hide a stolen vehicle in a container in Montreal on July 17, 2014. The Canadian Press/Ryan Remiorz
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The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) does not have the staff to properly deal with Canada’s worsening auto-theft crisis, much of which hinges on adequate security at the nation’s ports and borders, says the national head of the union representing CBSA personnel.

“We’re having a really hard time, and when I say that we’re desperately understaffed, we are desperately understaffed,” Customs and Immigration Union president Mark Weber testified at a Feb. 26 meeting of the Public Safety and National Security Committee (SECU).

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