The following is excerpted from the 13 April 2012 edition of The Montreal Gazette.
Union claims that some 1,350 border job cuts will result in longer wait times and more child porn, weapons, drugs and terrorists entering the country are false, according to public safety officials who chalk it up to bitterness over a $1-million cut to union boss salaries.
The suggestion was made after Customs and Immigration Union president Jean-Pierre Fortin arrived on Parliament Hill with stark news Thursday: 1,026 Canada Border Services Agency jobs would be slashed across the country over the next three years, including about 100 intelligence officer positions and 19 of about 70 drug-detecting canine units.
