Community Safety Economic Crime; U.S. and Canada Working Together.

The Minister of Justice as well as the Attorney General of Canada and the Minister of Public Safety, introduced to the House of Commons an agreement that would increase the United States and Canada Cross-Border Law Enforcement. The Keeping Canadians Safe Act will enhance cooperative policing attempts to decrease the flow of cross-border crime in shared waters and further protect community safety economic crime.

The Government is determined to increase security and the economy. Changes will provide Canadian and United States law enforcement with the tools needed to enhance and prevent community safety economic crime across our borders. Canada has a firm commitment to working along side the Obama Administration to send a message that smuggling guns and drugs between our countries is not accepted.

The call to arms of this agreement will allow certain designated personnel to work on marine law enforcement ships on shared waters, such as the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway, and on the east and west coasts. These officers will be able to enforce the law in both the U.S. and Canada to help ensure that community safety economic crime organizations no longer take advantage of our waters.

This is a new approach to border law enforcement. With its constant changes, this provides the framework to ensure effective law enforcement, and will strengthen North American security as well as increase trade and economic growth.