It's been 11 months since Manitoba started using conservation officers as extra sets of eyes on the United States border in response to U.S. President Donald Trump's claims that migrants and drug-smugglers were pouring in from Canada.

And it turns out they haven't seen much at all.

"To my knowledge, there was actually no activity that they observed," Ian Bushie, Manitoba's natural resources minister, said in an interview.

Kyle Ross, head of the Manitoba Government and General Employees Union, which represents conservation officers, said he hadn't heard of any incidents either.

And in response to a freedom of information request by The Canadian Press, the natural resources department said it found no records showing that conservation officers helped seize drugs, stop migrants or make ar

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