By Stephanie Levitz, The Canadian Press, May 26 2011
DEAUVILLE, FRANCE—Canada and the United States will have a plan in place by this summer on how to achieve the long-awaited perimeter security deal, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Thursday. Harper met U.S. President Barack Obama to discuss the plan on the sidelines of broader G8 discussions this week in the seaside resort of Deauville, France.
Ted Hesson, Huffington Post, May 24 2011
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From May 13-16, I accompanied a delegation from Long Island to Tucson, Arizona, and Nogales, Mexico, where we learned firsthand about the ongoing humanitarian crisis on the U.S.-Mexico border, and the forces that drive people to undertake the journey north. The reality is stunning in sheer magnitude: Since 1994, there have been more than 6,000 confirmed deaths on the border.
By Neil Macdonald, CBC News, May 18, 2011 5:07 AM ET
The Canadian Security Intelligence Service, Canada’s principal intelligence agency, routinely transmits to U.S. authorities the names and personal details of Canadian citizens who are suspected of, but not charged with, what the agency refers to as “terrorist-related activity.” The criteria used to turn over the names are secret, as is the process itself. But a new cache of WikiLeaks documents pertaining to Canada lays bare the practice. It contains not only frank assessments by U.S. officials of Canadian co-operation, but the names of 27 Canadian citizens turned over by their own government as possible threats, along with 14 other names of foreign nationals living in Canada.
Global Research, May 18, 2011 by Dana Gabriel
It was surprising that bilateral relations with the U.S. did not play a more prominent role during the recent Canadian election considering that both countries are pursuing a trade and security agreement. In fact, the issue did not really surface until the dying days of the campaign. After winning a much coveted majority government, Stephen Harper’s Conservatives are moving ahead quickly with perimeter security and regulatory harmonization negotiations. NAFTA and the defunct Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) both addressed issues such as regulatory cooperation. The goal of creating a single unified business-friendly regulatory regime for North America now continues on different fronts.
CBC News, May 17, 2011 1:26 PM ET
The U.S. border with Canada, even though it sees far fewer detentions and arrests every year, is a “more significant threat” to American security than the Mexican border, a senior Homeland Security official said Tuesday. U.S.-Canada border security, like at this crossing in Blaine, Wash., has been under scrutiny in recent months following a stunning finding in a U.S. government report. U.S.-Canada border security, like at this crossing in Blaine, Wash., has been under scrutiny in recent months following a stunning finding in a U.S. government report.
