On the Canadian side, there is widespread concern that the full implementation of the initiative will have a devastating economic impact on border traffic.
At a news conference in Washington on Sunday, McGuinty said requiring passports at land crossings would badly damage tourism and trade on both sides of the border.
He said 300,000 Canadians cross the border daily, and that Canada remains the number one source of tourists to the U.S.
"Requiring our families to purchase passports, or that U.S. families require a pass card will, without a doubt, act as a real deterrent to cross-border tourism and trade," said McGuinty.
Graham used the example of St. Stephens, N.B. and Calis, Maine as how U.S. and Canadian communities can be intertwined.
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Yes, each card will have a number and you will be dealt with as a number but no U.S. citizen will have such a card.<br />
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The time has come and the time is now the business elite have spoken.<br />
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National ID cards are a hot topic in Canada and other countries thinking about introducing a nationwide uniform identification document.<br />
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<a href="http://www.cippic.ca/en/faqs-resources/national-id-cards/">http://www.cippic.ca/en/faqs-resources/national-id-cards/</a><br />
<p>---<br>Perception is two thirds of what we perceive reality to be.<br />
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Difficult decisions are a privilege of rank.<br />
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"Several democratic countries have national ID card systems. They include Belgium, Germany, Greece, Italy, Poland and Spain. As critics of ID cards occasionally point out, some countries, such as Germany and Spain, introduced the cards under fascist regimes in the 1930s, and have not withdrawn them."<br />
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Myself and many others been pointing out that fascist regimes have taken control of the US and Canadian governments. Their modus operandi is well known and typical of what's been happening ever since the phony 9/11 terrorist attacks.<br />
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Apparently creativity is not a known attribute of fascists, since they seemingly have duplicated with only slight variations Hitler's rise to power ... and given the multitude of plunders and ineptitude we're seeing, hopefully soon they'll be duplicating his quick demise as well.<br />
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How Hitler Became a Dictator<br />
<a href="http://www.fff.org/freedom/fd0403a.asp">http://www.fff.org/freedom/fd0403a.asp</a><br />
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— The Divine Symphony, by Inayat Khan<br />
How I understand it, it would only apply to those that were not born in the U.S., correct me if I am wrong.
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Perception is two thirds of what we perceive reality to be.
Difficult decisions are a privilege of rank.