Premiers Think U.S. Open To Passport Alternative

Posted on Monday, February 26 at 09:59 by jensonj
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. http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20070225/passport_laws_070225/20070225?hub=TopStories

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  1. Mon Feb 26, 2007 6:27 pm
    <blockquote> The premiers are proposing an alternative document to the passport, including a "much more secure driver's licence" like one that Ontario is planning to roll out at the end of 2007. <br><br> "It would have the latest cutting edge security features that should put us at the forefront in North America," said McGuinty. <br><br> Asked how it would work, McGuinty said the provinces could work with the federal government to find a way to encode citizenship information onto the driver's licence itself. <br><br> "We recognize and understand that it's not in our purview to recognize citizenship as provinces, but we are convinced that we can work with the federal government to ensure that ... information is provided in an encrypted manner." </blockquote> And with that, we have our motive for travel restrictions. The establishment wants us to have national (or more likely North Amercan Union) ID cards that encode our DNA and other features. <br><br> People, you MUST REFUSE to be branded like sheep, because it'll just keep on getting worse. They won't stop with branding that's for certain.

  2. Tue Feb 27, 2007 12:31 am
    Yes, these cards could if not at first but later could include name, birth place, social security number, nationality, citizenship, DNA, Blood type, medical information, likes and dislikes, political and religious beliefs and affiliations, occupation, work history, financal and enconomic history, Biometrics; physical (or physiological or biometrc) characteristics include fingerprints, eye retinas and irises, facial patterns and hand measurements, signature, gait and typing patterns.<br />
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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 />

  3. Tue Feb 27, 2007 7:15 am
    From your link:<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 />
    <br />
    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 />
    <br />
    How Hitler Became a Dictator<br />
    <a href="http://www.fff.org/freedom/fd0403a.asp">http://www.fff.org/freedom/fd0403a.asp</a><br />

  4. Tue Feb 27, 2007 9:40 am
    <p>jensonj,</p> <blockquote> but no U.S. citizen will have such a card.</blockquote> <p>please don’t think that folks on this side of the border will have any such immunity. Legislation of this ilk (<i>e.g.</i> <a href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d107:h.r.04633:">this bill from 2002</a>) is presented down here as well!</p><p>---<br>Shatter your ideals upon the rock of Truth.<br />
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    — The Divine Symphony, by Inayat Khan<br />

  5. Tue Feb 27, 2007 3:12 pm
    I think Americans are little more aggressive about their civil liberties, constitution and bill of rights then Canadians.

    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.



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