Way forward together - joint border strategy / : Avancer ensemble : stratégie frontalière conjuguée

With this in mind, the President of the CBSA and the Commissioner of the RCMP released a joint State- The JBS is being introduced at a time of monumen- ment of Cooperation symbolizing their desire for both tal change. [...] Investments made by the Government of Canada through the Beyond the new structure that supports horizontal integration of Border Action Plan and other modernization initiatives subject matter expertise pertaining to major files in will improve the CBSA’s ability to address issues before national security, financial crime, and serious and or- they arrive at the border (“push the border out”) and ga [...] RCMP will be able to address existing gaps in their It will take the efforts of both the CBSA and the RCMP working relationship and leverage the changes under- to leverage the right enablers to achieve discrete and taken by both organizations. [...] Work needs to be undertaken to find While current collaborative efforts are critical to the the source of priority threats, and then strategies to foundation of the Framework, putting the JBS into ac- mitigate and interdict need to be put into action. [...] Pillar III – broadly addresses the need for the CBSA CBSA and the RCMP in keeping Canada’s border secure and the RCMP to ensure community safety for and trade flowing, there is recognition that as threats and all Canadians.