British Columbia Drivers May Carry RFID Licenses In 2008

"We have, in front of the Federal government, a draft of the memorandum of agreement that will parallel the one that U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff and Washington Governor Chris Gregoire signed March 23, 2007," says John van Dongen, B.C.'s minister of state for intergovernmental relations. The licenses would provide residents of British Columbia with an alternative to presenting a Canadian passport to agents at the Canadian border, which will be required by the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative's land and sea border-crossing requirements, set for enactment in 2009. The licenses would be more affordable than Canadian passports, and both B.C. and Washington State expect the long-range, UHF inlay embedded in the licenses to facilitate speedier security checks than the current system, in which residents hand identification documents to border agents upon reaching a border checkpoint. http://www.rfidjournal.com/article/articleview/3552/1/1/

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