A transport truck crosses the border at Coutts, Alta., in a file photo from 2021.
Despite a $29 million investment into a new police force focused on Alberta's section of the Canada-U.S. border, some experts question its practicality and effectiveness.A transport truck crosses the border at Coutts, Alta. On Thursday, Alberta introduced plans to invest $29 million to create a new border patrol force under the command of the Alberta Sheriffs.
"It's a rare occurrence," Bullock said. "We have 90 kilometres of border in Cardston County, alongside the state of Montana, and I'm just not aware of many infractions or people trying to do deviant activity along the border, to be honest."Alberta introduced plans to create a new unit in an attempt to bolster security at its section of Canada's border with the U.S. Premier Danielle Smith announced on Thursday that the province will invest $29 million.
In a statement to CBC News on Friday, an RCMP spokesperson said the force targets all aspects of the illegal drug trade, with synthetic drugs like fentanyl being a main priority, but noted there's a lack of data to back up concerns about fentanyl travelling over the border. One of the challenges of enforcement involved the physical nature of the border between Canada and Montana, Huntley said. Many regions are remote, sparsely populated, and their rugged nature makes the work difficult, especially in the winter.
He said he wants to see better federal co-ordination, increased surveillance and properly trained border patrol teams to manage the situation effectively. Huntley believes this is especially needed if Canada sees more border crossings due to "I don't think that just because we haven't found anything yet doesn't mean we're not going to find anything," Smith said.
"We can say that means we're capturing a significant amount or we're seeing a small snippet, and we don't really have any sense, and there's no verifiable or empirical way for us to show whether that's true or not," he told the
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