Leaky borders
Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day is calling for a review of border security in Halifax after several stowaways managed to disembark from a container ship and slip through customs unchecked on the weekend.
The men made it as far as Truro, N.S., about 100 kilometres from the border point where they entered the country on Sunday before police nabbed them, The Canadian Press reports.
After crossing the border the men tried to board a train in Halifax before taking a taxi to Truro, where they again tried to take a train that could have taken them to Montreal, Staff Sergeant Randy MacKenzie told CP.
The stowaways speak French and are believed to be from Algeria, according to reports.
Police have said that only a single commissionaire was on duty at the gate on Sunday when the stowaways passed through.
Sleep well tonight, Canada.
C’mon now, Canada has other more vital occupations to fill than mere commissionaires. human rights commissions need to be staffed, multicultural offices need to be staffed, the CBC needs to send 8 unionized technical staff to do what one videographer from City TV does, and on. If guarding our borders was a priority our welfare housing, courts and jails wouldn’t be filled with people who weren’t born here.
Comment by INP — March 19, 2008 @ 12:44 pm
Hey RG, it’s like being in the states!!
Comment by Stacy — March 19, 2008 @ 10:17 pm
No, in the US they would have actually made it to their destination because some very nice lady from Traveler’s Aid would have had her nephew drive them the rest of the way because she felt sorry for them but only after taking them to lunch at Coco’s.
Comment by Pat Patterson — March 21, 2008 @ 5:44 am