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9 11 Terrorist Attacks: Hasty Retreat

Liberal Government Dept: The documents describe a plan to improve the flow of people and goods across the border between the two countries by creating a continental security perimeter around them, according to CBC. In fact, accusations that Canada was ceding sovereignty to Uncle Sam sent the Liberal government of the day into full and hasty retreat from the whole concept and the secret government documents had barely leaked into the media this week before the political howling started over the latest plan to fix what ails an increasingly clogged Canada-U.S. border. Even in the fear-filled days following the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the words "security perimeter" touched off ferocious political debate in this country. As reported in the news.
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