Bilateral Pact: Canada Cooperation

Canadian Sovereignty Dept: The agreement to be signed at a White House meeting will open the way to a bilateral pact with the potential to give Washington a much bigger say in Canada s border security, immigration controls and information-sharing with American law agencies, according to The Star. Harper has said little about the talks but a draft of a six-page agreement prepared for his and Obama s signatures authorizes officials from both countries to begin work urgently on a shared vision for perimeter security and competitiveness and oTTAWA After months of secret negotiations, Prime Minister Stephen Harper and U.S. President Barack Obama are expected Friday to authorize the most sweeping overhaul of Canada-U.S. border and security cooperation in decades. The deal, which is said to reflect Harper s vision of closer U.S.-Canada cooperation, could pose the biggest challenge to Canadian sovereignty since the free-trade negotiations of the 1980s. And it is prompting angry demands for the Conservative government to provide more information before this new set of negotiations with Washington goes any farther. As reported in the news.
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