What are the parties promising on Border security?

Border security platforms

Here's what the 2025 Canadian election parties are promising.

Train 1,000 new Canadian Border Services Agency officers
Stand up additional border scanners, drones, and new K-9 teams to target suspicious shipments

"Cracking down on drugs, including fentanyl and its precursors, illegal guns, and stopping organized crime gangs from smuggling cars out of the country. We will train 1,000 new Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA) officers. In addition, to secure our borders, we will stand up additional border scanners, drones and new K-9 teams, to target more suspicious shipments at our land borders, ports, and railyards;" — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-16
Increase resources for security screenings, tighten visa requirements, and enhance enforcement against immigration fraud

"Strengthen the integrity of the border by increasing resources for security screenings, quickly identifying and removing inadmissible individuals, tightening visa requirements, and enhancing enforcement against immigration fraud." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-23a

Hire at least 2,000 more border agents
Procure new scanners and surveillance for ports

"New scanners and surveillance at ports. These scanners can see through walls of containers or vehicles to spot drugs, guns, and stolen cars." — Change, retrieved 2025-04-23
Implement departure tracking to monitor overstays

"Departure tracking to monitor overstays so government officials know who is in Canada illegally." — Change, retrieved 2025-04-23
Add a mix of 120 surveillance towers and 90 land-based truck bed-mounted drone systems to the border

"New drones and surveillance towers. Add a mix of 120 surveillance towers and 90 land- based truck bed-mounted drone systems to secure the border." — Change, retrieved 2025-04-23
Use military at the border

"Utilize military assistance as appropriate to secure the border." — Change, retrieved 2025-04-23
Expand Canada Border Services Agency's mandate to patrol anywhere along the border, not just at official crossings

Annuler les réductions d’heures d’ouverture des poste des agents des services frontaliers
Permettre aux agents des services frontaliers d’intervenir partout au long de la frontière
Proposer de créer un ministre des Frontières, directement responsable des services frontaliers et 100 % imputable
Proposer de durcir les peines imposées aux passeurs aux frontières
Recruter et du déployer de renforts à la GRC, des investissements dans la surveillance des ports ainsi qu’une inspection du transport ferroviaire de marchandises

Hire thousands of new border officers
Give border officers jurisdiction to stop border crossers in between regular ports of entry, so as to strengthen the border and stop guns from getting in

"We would hire thousands of new border officers and give them the right to stop border crossers in between regular ports of entry – to strengthen the border and stop guns before they get into Canada." — ndp.ca, retrieved 2025-04-19
Build a new training centre for Canada Border Services Agency officers in Windsor

We don't have any Green policies on Border security.