A promise of 1,000 new border guards is the cornerstone of a series of new measures announces by the federal government on Friday (Oct. 17) to boost Canadian border security.

Two Metro Vancouver Liberal MPs – Minister of Veterans Affairs and Delta MP Jill McKnight, along with South Surrey-White Rock MP Ernie Klassen – were on hand at Peace Arch border crossing in South Surrey on Friday to spread the word about the measures announced earlier in the day by Prime Minister Mark Carney in Niagara Falls, Ont.

Carney announced that new measures to enhance border security will be included in the upcoming federal budget, including the hiring of the promised 1,000 new Canada Border Service Agency (CBSA) officers to help "crack down on the movement of stolen goods, illegal guns and drugs, enforce i

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