Canada First Plan to send military troops and helicopters to the border NOW, add 2,000 new border agents, give CBSA powers for full border and more.
Vancouver, BC – Today, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre revealed his plan to take back control of the border and put Canada First. This plan will stop fentanyl, guns, human traffickers and terrorists from ever entering our country, and protect Canadians.
“The NDP-Liberals lost control of the border,” Poilievre said. “It should not have taken warnings from another country for Liberals to scramble to fix their disastrous broken border policy. I will take back control of our borders, stop fentanyl from killing our people, and put Canada First.”
Poilievre’s six-point plan:
- Call up Canadian Forces troops to the border along with military helicopters and surveillance now.
- Add at least 2,000 border agents and;
- Extend CBSA powers along the entire border, not just crossings.
- Install border surveillance towers as well as truck-mounted drone systems to spot border incursions.
- Install high-powered scanners at all major land crossings and shipping ports. These scanners can see through walls of containers or vehicles to spot drugs, guns and stolen cars.
- Track departures so government officials know which deportees are in Canada illegally.
“There is no justification for President Trump’s unjust and unjustified tariffs. But the border must be fixed for the good of Canadians. The result of the Liberals’ border chaos and soft-on-crime policies has been gun smuggling driving violent crime, an immigration system that is completely out of control, and fentanyl and human trafficking destroying lives,” concluded Poilievre.
49,000 Canadians have died of opioid overdoses in the last 9 years, with many of the deadly drug ingredients coming in from China and Mexico. In British Columbia, police recently discovered a superlab containing enough fentanyl and materials to kill 95 million people. Only 1% of shipping containers are inspected coming into our country, allowing drugs and guns to sneak through in the other 99%.
After 9 years of Liberal government, gun-related crime is up 116%, with the Toronto Police Association saying that 85% of gun offences use illegal firearms from the United States. Canadian security services have identified 350 organized crime rings operating within our borders. Sixty-three of these groups have international connections to China, Mexico, and other nations.
The Liberal government let multiple ISIS terrorists into Canada, including a man allegedly filmed cutting up a human body on a crucifix in the Middle East—the same man charged with planning a terrorist attack in Canada. The government admits it has lost count of the number of people here in Canada illegally. One government report estimated it is somewhere between 20,000 and 500,000 people.
Liberal incompetence and their radical post-national agenda created this problem. Poilievre’s common sense plan will fix what Liberals broke. And to pay for this plan, Poilievre said he will scrap the failed Liberal gun buyback, which, despite spending 4 years and $67 million, has not taken a single gun off the street. Ending this scheme will save $600 million, money that will go towards securing our border against illegal guns. Poilievre said he would also cut millions in pricey consultants and phase out thousands of back-office bureaucratic jobs through attrition.
Common Sense Conservatives will take back control of our border and put Canada First.