thePodcast: Beefing up the border -- why B.C. needs ports police again

theBreaker.news Podcast

Dec 08 2024 | 00:27:09

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Show Notes

For the week of Dec. 8, 2024: Donald Trump is threatening tariffs on Canadian goods if Justin Trudeau doesn’t beef-up border security. Twenty-seven years ago, Jean Chretien’s Liberal government defunded the Ports Canada Police. It is no coincidence that transnational organized crime has flourished. The former head of the RCMP in Western Canada says the time is now to bring back a dedicated ports police force. Bob Mackin’s guest is Peter German, now chair of the Vancouver Anti-Corruption Institute and author of the Policing Our Ports report for the City of Delta. Plus Pacific Rim and Pacific Northwest headlines. CLICK […]

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