Canada Border Services Agency

Canada border officers to begin work slowdown

Canada Border Services Agency officers look on as cargo is unloaded from a UPS cargo flight.

Nearly 9,000 Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) personnel will begin a work-to-rule strike on Friday, their union said, warning that the labor action could have a “dramatic impact to Canada’s supply chain” and imperil the government’s plans to reopen the border to U.S. travelers. 

The Public Service Alliance of Canada and its Customs and Immigration Union issued a work-to rule strike notice on Tuesday and said the labor action will begin at 6 a.m. Friday unless an agreement on a new contract...

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Canada border officers vote to strike, warn of supply chain disruption

Canada Border Services Agency officers prepare to inspect a red intermodal container.

Thousands of Canada Border Services Agency personnel have overwhelmingly voted to authorize a strike – something that could throw a wrench into port, cross-border trucking, airfreight and international parcel operations. 

The strike could happen as early as Aug. 6, the Public Service Alliance of Canada and its Customs and Immigration Union said on Tuesday. The union represents some 8,500 CBSA employees, including officers serving at ports of entry across the country. 

The threat of a strike comes...

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Trucker charged after $11M cocaine bust at Canadian border

Four duffle bags filled with cocaine seized from a truck at the Canadian border.

A truck driver was arrested and charged after border officers seized over $11 million worth of cocaine after it entered Canada from the U.S. via Buffalo, New York, authorities said Thursday.

Pardeep Singh, 24, of LaSalle, Quebec, was arrested on June 15 after a secondary inspection on the Canadian side of the Peace Bridge, which links Fort Erie, Ontario, and Buffalo.

Canada Border Services Agency officers discovered five duffel bags containing almost 250 pounds of cocaine, according to a joint...

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Canada border officers mull strike at critical time for supply chain

Three border Canada Border Services on a boat with a ship in the background.

Thousands of members of the Canada Border Services Agency are in the midst of voting on whether to authorize a strike — something that could roil the movement of billions of dollars of goods via its border with the U.S., airports and sea ports. Nowhere more acutely than the Port of Vancouver.

Some 9,000 CBSA employees represented by the Public Service Alliance of Canada’s Customs and Immigration Union have been holding strike votes across the country since June 16. The last one happens in Ottawa...

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News Alert: Canada border agency systems woes hit inbound shipments

Trucks wait to cross the Canada-U.S.

Shipments of commercial goods into Canada are facing delays because of technical issues involving the systems of the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA).

“Backup plans are activated and we are working to resolve the matter as quickly as possible,” the CBSA said on Thursday, adding that it will provide updates on Twitter. 

The agency did not immediately explain the cause, stating that it was having “IT issues.”

The Canadian Trucking Alliance, the largest national carrier organization, reported...

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Truckers charged in record $336M US-Canada tobacco-smuggling case

A tractor-trailer with tobacco inside as part of a investigation into a $336 million smuggling ring that transported tobacco from the US to Canada.

A smuggling ring used trucks to bring hundreds of millions of dollars worth of tobacco from the United States to Canada concealed in legitimate cross-border shipments of goods to evade duties and taxes, authorities said.  

Truck drivers and the two alleged ringleaders were among the 13 charged in Quebec on Tuesday in connection with the tobacco-smuggling operation. The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) alleges that the group evaded CA$450 million (US$336 million) in duties and taxes.

“It’s the...

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Trucker arrested after $10M cocaine bust at US-Canada border

Packages of suspected cocaine seized by Canada Border Services Agency officers from a truck crossing from the United States. The truck driver was arrested.

A trucker was arrested after Canadian border officers found more than $10 million worth of suspected cocaine during an inspection of a tractor-trailer coming from the United States, authorities said on Thursday.

The unidentified male truck driver was arrested on Aug. 18 at the Queenston-Lewiston Bridge, a U.S.-Canada border crossing linking southern Ontario and western New York.

Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) officers referred the tractor-trailer for a secondary inspection after noticing...

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Trucker charged with trafficking meth from US to Canada

Bags of meth seized by authorities at the US-Canada border. A trucker has been charged with meth trafficking in connection with the seizure.

A trucker could face life in prison after being charged with trafficking nearly 200 pounds of methamphetamine from the United States to Canada, authorities said Wednesday.

Steven Andrew Golding, 64, was arrested Monday on charges stemming from a December 2018 drug seizure at the Pacific Highway U.S.-Canada border crossing in Surrey, British Columbia, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) said in a statement.

Authorities seized multiple bags of meth found inside the cab of the Volvo tractor...

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Truckers warned of fake quarantine text messages in Canada

An image of a fake text message that tells recipients, including truckers, to self isolate for 14 days and includes a suspicious link.

Truckers in Canada are being warned of fake text messages that incorrectly instruct them to self-isolate and direct them to a suspicious website.

The text messages claim to come from the Canadian government and state, “All travelers must self-isolate for 14 days by law.” Truck drivers returning to Canada from the United States are exempt from the Canadian self-isolation requirement.

The messages also include a bit.ly link that claims to offer “credible information” about COVID-19. Instead, it...

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