Life in the red area

The Ford anxiety is rooted in the impact of a wider, both provincial and federal strategy, which aims to strengthen the border between Canada and the United States. Comes as a result of tariffs introduced by US President Donald Trumpto might pushes Canada’s economy to recession.

Just a few months ago, the hills, coupes and rolling fields looked for decades. But for the buzz of traffic at the border, life was quiet, almost serene.

But one day, the inhabitants around Coutts have recently heard a deep sound in the sky above. Immediately, the phone in Ford residence began to ring.

He was a neighbor to the east, who noticed a Black Hawk helicopter tuning over his isolated house.

“It flies quite loud,” said Jackie’s husband, Ross. “My concern is that the caller season is happening quite soon. You don’t want to have a stamp. “

He stops considering what it could look like.

“Four -legged border jumpers,” he concludes.

The new patrol team of the ban in Alberta (IPT), under the command of the sheriffs in Alberta, is equipped with the power to make arrests without a mandate in a “red area” two kilometers north of the Montana border. Is part of a wider Border Security Plan of $ 29 million The province was revealed in December.

GRC recently raised border security, which scored $ 5.3 million in Patrules with helicopter Black Hawkaiming at the illegal activity of the one of the parallel 49. Everything is part of the federal government’s own 1.3 billion dollars The border security plan, which Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has expanded by $ 200 million in February to target organized crime.