WINNIPEG — Manitoba conservation officers will soon be helping with surveillance at the U.S. border, as part of a plan to address threatened tariffs on Canadian goods, Premier Wab Kinew said Friday.
Conservation officers who already work in the southern part of the province will be asked to help inform police and border officials about what's happening on the ground. They can also help people in dire situations, Kinew said.
U.S. president-elect Donald Trump has threatened to impose 25 per cent tariffs on all imports from Canada and Mexico, unless the two countries stop illegal border crossings and prevent illicit drugs from entering the U.S.The federal government has promised to beef up border security in the coming weeks. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has also floated the idea of a special border patrol that would operate like an existing, fugitive-apprehension team of sheriffs.
"We need to see the details. But the fact remains that we don't have enough conservation officers here in Manitoba to handle the workload throughout the province," Tory legislature member Greg Nesbitt said.
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