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Dutch Citizens: Halifax Stanfield International Airport

Halifax Stanfield International Airport: OTTAWA - Canadian and Dutch citizens would be able to visit each other's countries more easily under a plan to expand Canada's trusted traveller programs beyond North America. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. The initiative would be modelled on the current Nexus travellers program between Canada and the United States, the Canada Border Services Agency records say. Officials have been developing the regulatory, technological and fee-collection systems needed to implement an accord. An Air Canada passenger jet takes off over the terminal at Halifax Stanfield International Airport in Halifax on Monday, Jan. 21, 2013. Canadian and Dutch citizens would be able to visit each other's countries more easily under a plan to expand Canada's trusted traveller programs beyond North America. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan Canada and the Netherlands have been negotiating a bilateral agreement that would allow their citizens to apply to each other's programs for travellers considered to be a low security risk, records obtained under the Access to Information Act show. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.