Manitoba is deploying conservation officers to patrol its southern border as part of a coordinated effort to ramp up security along the boundary it shares with the United States.
Conservation officers stationed in Virden, Boissevain, Manitou, Winnipeg, Steinbach, and Sprague will now conduct border patrol as part of their duties, Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew said at a news conference at the Emerson border crossing this week.
Manitoba’s efforts to bolster security come as U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to slap punitive tariffs on Canadian goods if the country doesn’t stem the flow of illegal migrants and drugs across the border into America. Trump has said he may implement the 25 percent tax on Feb. 1….