I sent the following to my MP, Diane Ablonczy, who is also Minister of State of Foreign Affairs for the Americas.
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Hello,
I just wanted to write to express my strong opposition to allowing any US agencies to be accredited as Canadian officers or to make arrests in Canada. We're a sovereign nation, and shouldn't be allowing armed foreigners in our country enforcing our laws. I've voted Conservative every election (and for you since I moved to this riding) since I could vote ~10 years ago, but I'll vote Liberal next time if this goes through. Their attack ads about Stephen Harper's secret agenda for guns in our streets would have come true. I would hope as Minister of State of Foreign Affairs for the America's you can take action to ensure this doesn't happen.
Canadian and American police agencies are currently locked in private talks over how to effectively launch pilot projects that would allow American agents from organizations like the FBI and the US Drug Enforcement Administration to be accredited as police officers in Canada, with the power to arrest individuals on the street like any Canadian cop." http://www.embassynews.ca/news/2013/...n-canada/43707
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