The Canada Border Services Agency yesterday served notice of a new program to train officers to board fugitive vessels in Canadian waters. Managers did not specify whether the initiative was prompted by U.S. complaints of lax security at the border.

“The Agency has a requirement for a ‘boarding at sea’ course,” the Agency wrote in an Advance Contract Award Notice. A Nova Scotia contractor, Survival Systems Training of Dartmouth, was awarded $198,296 to train Customs officers to intercept vessels.

“In the marine mode of the Agency, border service officers are required at times to board vessels which are underway and at anchor,” wrote management. “As these vessels are not tied up alongside a dock there are different health and safety risks associated with this type of boarding.”

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