Recent Border Outage May Have Weakened Security, Union Warns, but CBSA Says Safety ‘Upheld’

Recent border outage may have weakened security, union warns, but CBSA says safety ‘upheld’

Canada’s border officers say a recent systems outage may have allowed some flagged truck drivers to enter the country without proper screening.

CBSA IT outage potentially led to missed security flags at land crossings, says border officers' union

Last week's systems outage stranded truckers for more than 30 hours in the United States, sent logistics companies into chaos and made border officers miss certain security flags.