Canada’s “top cops” are calling on Parliament to quickly pass the federal Liberal government’s package of reforms to the Criminal Code, aimed at stiffening border security and expanding police powers.

Police chiefs from across the country wrapped their four-day annual summit in Victoria on Tuesday, where they threw full support behind Prime Minister Mark Carney’s proposed Bill C-2.

Association of Chiefs of Police president Thomas Carrique told reporters that Canadian police are dealing with modern and international threats with “tools and authorities built for a different era, guided by outdated and inadequate legislation.”

“It’s a public safety imperative. Geopolitical instability fuels transnational organized crime, whether it’s human smuggling as well as illicit exportation and impor

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