Canada-U.S. Border News

The Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics will be the largest security operation in Canadian history. It will include more than 15,000 Canadian Forces, private security personnel, along with the RCMP and other police agencies. The U.S. will also provide security and support for the Games. With the Olympics fast approaching, the fear of terrorism is back in the public’s psyche

NAFTA has extended from economic integration into a political and regional security pact which has been achieved through the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) of North America, Plan Mexico, as well as other initiatives. Various pieces of legislation and reports, along with influential individuals have called for closer trilateral cooperation regarding common rules for immigration and security enforcement around the perimeter of the continent. A major part of the U.S. security agenda already includes the defense of North America, but a full blown security zone would bring Canada and Mexico further under its control. A Fortress North America poses a serious threat to our sovereignty and would mean the loss of more civil liberties. 

Under the pretext of the war on terror and through initiatives such as the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP), as well as other commitments, there has been an ongoing effort to further harmonize North American security priorities.  The militarization of the continent, along with U.S.-Canada integration is taking place in areas of law enforcement, border services and the armed forces.

Canada and the U.S. signed an agreement Monday designed to increase border security by allowing the RCMP and the U.S. Coast Guard to team up and ride in each others' vessels during border patrols.

The Canadian government moved on Tuesday to correct U.S. homeland security chief Janet Napolitano after she wrongly said some of the perpetrators of the 9/11 attacks had crossed into the United States from Canada.

Here it is, officially announced by the Government, this summer's false flag terror event. Remember that they conducted numerous similar drills during 9/11 and 7/7? Remember how they 'failed' in New Orleans (Katrina)? Those drills paralleled actual events that were unfolding in real life and it completely disoriented the people who were involved in the excercises. It would not surprise me if they plan a bio-weapon attack, especially in the wake of the recent Baxter">http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2009/02/27/8560781.html">Baxter bird-flu contaminated vaccine debaucle. Examine the following document and conduct your own research in preparation.

Source: http://www.fema.gov/media/fact_sheets/nle09.shtm

Good thing these crises keep rolling in, or there’d be little chance for such opportunities. Why do those close to the levers of power appreciate crises so much? A chance to stampede the herd? Check your head, Iggy - sovereignty isn’t ‘protectionism’. And NAFTA isn’t free trade. Since Martin’s out on the road selling the G20, it looks like Ignatieff is the local cheerleader for the same globalist agenda being espoused by Gordon Brown, Timothy Geithner, Volcker, Greenspan, Kissinger, and the rest of the usual suspects around the CFR and IMF. Perhaps in four years we can start afresh with a new batch of leaders a little further removed from the establishment that’s hell-bent on shoving these ideas down our throats. But likely not. At least he restrained himself from peppering the article with the word ‘governance’.

Canada doesn't have a billion dollars to waste on border security measures that don't work.

Unfortunately, that is exactly what the current government has offered Canadians with its decision to arm Canada's border guards.

The Harper Conservatives have put nearly all other border security measures on the back-burner in order to channel resources towards a dubious policy whose hefty price tag keeps climbing.

In the current economic context, how can this government justify persisting with a policy that is well on its way to being a billion-dollar boondoggle?

Positioning the policy as a quick solution to increase border security, the Conservatives announced that they would arm Canada's border guards in the heat of the 2006 federal election campaign. At the time, they offered no background studies on the policy's effectiveness and no analysis of its costing.

http://www.embassymag.ca/page/printpage/holland-12-3-2008

The State Department's new passport cards, which are wallet-sized identification cards designed to speed border crossings by U.S. citizens to Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean, are proving popular already.

More than 350,000 Americans have pre-ordered the passport cards, according to the State Department.

The card is not valid for any type of air travel. It can only be used for land and sea crossings between the U.S. and Canada, Mexico, Bermuda or the Caribbean.

Gov. Napolitano Approves Prohibition on Real ID (ARIZONA - Update 06-20-2008)
http://www.freedomsphoenix.com:80/Feature-Article.htm?InfoNo=034608

For Immediate Release

Contact:  Senator Karen S. Johnson (602-926-3160)

Gov. Napolitano Approves Prohibition on Real ID

Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano signed a bill today that prohibits the implementation of the REAL ID in Arizona.  SB2677 received a Final vote of approval in the House last week by an overwhelming margin of 51 to 1.  Napolitano's signature was uncertain until today when she signed the bill into law.

The bill prohibits implementation of the REAL ID Act of 2005, which was passed by Congress as part of a supplemental spending bill for tsunami relief and the War on Terror.  The bill did not receive a hearing in either the House or the Senate, and the public was largely unaware of it until it had already been signed into law.

"Everyone thinks that the REAL ID is just about protecting us  against terrorism," said co-sponsor Senator Karen Johnson (R-18).  "But it really represents a cash cow for technology companies as well as the birth of the National ID card, complete with all the biometric information that technology can handle - face recognition, fingerprints, etc." 
 

The legislation, a farm bill, contains a last-minute addition on softwood lumber that Canadians fear will wrap lumber exports in red tape.

Nova Scotia exporters could soon have a way to handle U.S. and Mexican competitors who cut corners on labour standards.

The MacDonald government wants the province to sign on to the North American Agreement on Labour Co-operation, a side deal to the North American Free Trade Agreement.

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is spearheading a study this summer on ways to speed up trade and travel at the Canada-U.S. border so Congress can be ready with a plan for the next American administration.

Pelosi, a Democrat and the most powerful politician in the House of Representatives, met this week with Canadian politicians worried about tie-ups that are costing businesses money and frustrating travellers.

All border concerns will be on the table, Conservative MP Rob Merrifield said Friday.

From CBC's The Current April 21st, 2008
.. one thing that's sure to be on the agenda (in New Orleans) is border security, especially since the first unmanned American surveillance drone is set to begin hovering over the Canada-U.S. border sometime in the spring of 2008.The drones are already on patrol on the US-Mexico border, and American officials say the Predators have helped them catch thousands of illegal immigrants.
Hear interviews with:
() Douglas Koupash,  Executive Director of Mission Support in the U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Office of Air and Marine 
() Stephane Leman-Langlois,  professor at the school of criminology at the University of Montreal. who  focuses much of his research on terrorism, security and surveillance.
() Barry Steinhardt, the Director of the Technology and Liberty Program with the American Civil Liberties Union

In a recent coalition report, Finding the Balance: Reducing Border Costs While Strengthening Security, 45 Canadian and U.S. business associations, led by the Canadian and U.S. Chambers of Commerce, called for specific near-term measures to reduce border-related costs and burdensome border requirements and to facilitate the movement of legitimate people and goods...The recommendations of our report are very much in line with the SPP's initial framework, released in June, 2005. Our border report also provides a practical list of priority areas where government must act to ensure our economic competitiveness without undermining our security...Over 10 million jobs rely on the current Canada-U.S. relationship. We need to keep all of these 10 million jobs, held by 10 million families, paying 10 million mortgages, in North America. A commitment to implement the report's recommendations within the next 18 months will have a direct and positive impact on North American competitiveness and help to create even more jobs thanks to a secure and trade-efficient border.