Prime Minister Mark Carney and members of Canada Border Services Agency at the Rainbow Bridge border crossing in Niagara Falls, on Friday.

Prime Minister Mark Carney announced plans to hire 1,000 new border officers, with a boost to their benefits package in the forthcoming budget to aid recruitment.

The stipend for recruits in training as Canada Border Services Agency officers will increase more than fourfold, to $525 a week from $125, he said.

He also unveiled plans in the Nov. 4 budget to improve pension benefits for border officers and other front-line first responders, including search-and-rescue personnel.

“The world is increasingly dangerous and divided, and as Canadians, we must look out for ourselves,” Mr. Carney said in a press statement.

François-Philippe Champagne, Minis

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