Michael Ferguson: Measure Results and Border Plan

michael ferguson: In addition, Ferguson found the government own evaluation, made public in September, painted an incomplete and inaccurate picture, according to Guelph Mercury. The Canada-U.S. Beyond the Border initiative was unfurled in December 2011 to help protect the continent from terrorist threats while ensuring the efficient passage of travellers and shipments across the 49th parallel. While departments and agencies completed many commitments of the high-profile Beyond the Border plan, they faced numerous challenges and lacked the means to measure results, auditor general Michael Ferguson said in a report released Tuesday. The issues are crucial last year close to 700 billion in goods traversed the border and people made nearly 150 million land crossings, with millions more travelling by air or water, Ferguson said. Government exists to do things for people, Ferguson told a news conference Tuesday. He urged a number of federal agencies to develop indicators so they can fully assess efforts involving everything from checked baggage screening to so-called trusted-trader programs. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.