Border agreement may be all loss, no gain for Canadians

A proposed trade and security agreement between Canada and the United States could force the Canadian government to violate the privacy of millions of its citizens without doing anything to guarantee a more open border, a new report suggests. "There can be little expectation that Canadian needs for less controls and constraints on trans-border traffic will be met," wrote Gar Pardy, a former diplomat, in a report for the Rideau Institute. "A more likely scenario would be Canadian concessions on security and privacy matters and only American promises for an easier border regime."

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