VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – The goal is to cancel a reality TV show that recorded Border Services agents arresting immigrant workers at construction sites in Vancouver.
An online petition has been launched by the wife of one of the workers targeted in the raid, who says she’s disgusted the government would stoop so low as to profit off her family’s suffering.
Change.org already has at least 8,000 names of people who want to see “Border Security” taken off the air.
Public Safety Minister Vic Toews, who signed off on the raid, is defending the show — saying illegal immigrants pose huge problems.
The Canada Border Services Agency has been facing criticism since a raid at a construction site in Vancouver, where officers arrested members of a painting crew as a camera rolled for the reality TV program “Border Security.”
Force Four Entertainment, the production company, has previously said the workers were asked to sign a release form to allow the footage to be broadcast. “Border Security” airs on Global TV and National Geographic.
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I find the show very informative. It. shows in detail how the Canadian border patrol operates and why. Keep it on!
Is there a petition in support for the show? I personally love the show and see nothing wrong with filming people that break Canadian law. If you don’t want to be filmed don’t sign the waver if you don’t want to obey the law then get out of our country!
i think border security is a great reality show, very entertaining- it is nice to see a view of our homeland protection at work. i love seeing the liars, cheats & smugglers getting caught. anybody who wants the show cancelled would probably vote for the ndp. remember the tamils & the boat people? i am really tired of my hard earned money being spent to chase liars cheats & thieves.
conservative way of making people fearful of those who need help
This shown is designed to sway public opinion of people who believe what they see on TV is true and normal. From the responses so far looks like the mindless sheep approve as the show was designed to do.
I fully support this show. It makes it very clear that they will catch you sooner or later! I found it incredible interesting how thorough these agents are, and look for things you don’t even think about!
If anything I hope this show will make our boarders just a bit safer , and one thinks twice about to smuggle something into our country.
I fully support this show, good for them. Out with illegal immigrants taking our jobs.
Our system at work. Congratulations to our boarder agents.
Anyone who is working illegally knows that but now this is being turned around into some big boo hoo that these people got busted because the raid was part of this reality show. Lawyers, who have made lots of money representing bogus refugee claimants, are in the media now saying its just “not fair” that the illegal got arrested but the employer who hired them did not. The thrust of this lame argument seems to be that then the illegal worker should have been given a free pass. NO, they are working illegally, end of story, the CBSA has a job to do and the public should see these officers at work. The lawyers have always wanted all the fraud associated with immigration to be hidden from public scrutiny because if the public knew just how bad it really is there would be serious support for even greater legal reforms.
Sure, there lots more room in Canada for parasites. We don’t want to inflict upon anyone’s charter rights now, do we?
Where do I sign up in support of the show? The show has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with the mess these illegal immigrants are in. They would have been raided and arrested anyway…the only difference is the illegals would have one less thing to gripe about.
The suffering is caused by the fact that the husband is in Canada without authorisation. As an immigrant, I find that offensive. The wife presumably knew her husband was in Canada illegally. I suspect she was fine with that illegal behaviour taking place.
It’s interesting to observe how she is so concerned that the husband was on TV getting arrested for being illegally in Canada, yet they’ve had no issues at all with traipsing around in front of the cameras to tell many more people that he was in Canada illegally and was working illegally and was arrested for doing so.
As for the waiver? If the husband doesn’t sign the waiver, they obscure the face so noone knows who he is…except the supporters of the illegal immigrants who were arrested.