Canada-U.S. perimeter security pact delayed
Posted Jan 10, 2011 06:00:07 AM.
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More work needs to be done before Canada and the U-S sign a highly touted perimeter security pact. The idea of the pact is to set a standard on who enters and leaves the continent. It should allow officials to ease security at the Canada-U-S border, paving the way for a return to more free-flowing passage of vehicles and cargo.
But the arrangement is proving to be very complex.
One of the key problems is an increase in sharing information, a prospect that raises privacy concerns in Canada.
Insiders say a meeting between Stephen Harper and Barack Obama to sign the pact is now expected no earlier than February and possibly as late as spring.
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