Canada's $1 3 Billion Border Security Plan Explained #BorderSecurity #CanadaBudget #Government

Get an in-depth look at how Canada is spending its $1.3 billion border security budget. From technology to coordination with the US, find out where the money is going. #BorderSecurity #CanadaBudget #GovernmentSpending

I believe $81 million of the 1.3 billion dollar package you, uh, announced, uh, is to be spent in this fiscal year. Just for clarity, is that money being spent? And if you're able to give us a little bit of a breakdown of where it's going, that would be helpful. Thank you. Thank you, Aaron. It's been spent at CBSA. We're focused on removals and we're working, uh, with our American counterparts and coordinating, um, with countries that aren't always cooperative. So we're actively spending that money and proceeding, um, on the detection equipment. So that will take obviously through procurement. So we're, we're doing the homework now to be able to, to action quickly when it's ready. Equally. Yeah. Equally. Yeah. We are, um, actioning and spending the money in this physical year. Our focus has been on technology. Our focus has been on, uh, increasing our ability. Um, the least of the helicopters, for example, is a 5.3 million dollar expenditure. Um, but on top of that, when we look at drones in the, uh, counter drone surveillance systems, the surveillance towers, uh, another highly specialized equipment, that's our focus is to expedite, um, the expendigers and the acquisition of that equipment that will help our members who are on the ground, uh, help improve intelligence and the ongoing work. That we continue to do so we're confident and that's where we're advancing our implementation plan around the border.