Montreal Gazette Dept: The cuts are due to take place on April 1. But the Bloc says they should be postponed until the federal government can assess the outcome of new Canada-U.S. talks on a proposed North American security perimeter, according to Montreal Gazette. The goal of the negotiations is to explore grounds for an agreement that would see Canada and the U.S. harmonize certain aspects of their respective refugee, immigration and security laws and three Bloc Qu b cois members of Parliament were in Washington, D.C., yesterday trying to persuade elected officials in Congress to ask the Harper government to postpone imminent cuts in Canadian border-station services. Prime Minister Stephen Harper and U.S. President Barack Obama announced last month in Washington that the two countries plan to begin negotiations to create a security perimeter. As
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