Canada unveils $432 million border plan
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By BETH DUFF-BROWN, Associated Press Writer
Fri Jan 12, 6:03 PM ET
WINDSOR, Ontario - Canada unveiled a major border security and prosperity initiative Friday, saying it would spend more than $368 million over the next five years to protect its border from terrorist, economic and environmental threats.
Security experts have long criticized the lack of security measures along Canada's side of the 4,000-mile border with the United States, particularly since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper pledged when he was elected nearly a year ago to strengthen the frontier between the world's largest trading partners, including these new security measures and eventually arming Canada's border guards.
The 18,000 trucks that cross the U.S.-Canada border each day, as well as all railroad, air and marine cargo carriers, will eventually be required to file electronic manifests before their shipments arrive. This will allow border service agents to determine in advance whether the cargo, or those who deliver it, should be further screened.
The program was developed in cooperation with U.S. Department of Homeland Security and is part of the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America, launched in 2005 by then- Prime Minister Paul Martin, President Bush and then-Mexican President Vicente Fox.
Another $20 million has been earmarked for business leaders and emergency responders to plan for the immediate resumption of trade across the border in the event of a terrorist attack, medical pandemic or natural disaster.
Perrin Beatty, president of the Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters, said his and other associations would work with governments and emergency response teams on both sides of the border to stage exercises and develop protocols that would get trade moving within hours of an emergency.
"If al-Qaida can damage us, either physically or economically, they win," Beatty told the news conference, referring to Osama bin Laden's terrorist organization. "It would be foolish for us to assume that there will not be any further incidents along the border."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070112/ap_on_re_ca/canada_border_security
Fri Jan 12, 6:03 PM ET
WINDSOR, Ontario - Canada unveiled a major border security and prosperity initiative Friday, saying it would spend more than $368 million over the next five years to protect its border from terrorist, economic and environmental threats.
Security experts have long criticized the lack of security measures along Canada's side of the 4,000-mile border with the United States, particularly since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper pledged when he was elected nearly a year ago to strengthen the frontier between the world's largest trading partners, including these new security measures and eventually arming Canada's border guards.
The 18,000 trucks that cross the U.S.-Canada border each day, as well as all railroad, air and marine cargo carriers, will eventually be required to file electronic manifests before their shipments arrive. This will allow border service agents to determine in advance whether the cargo, or those who deliver it, should be further screened.
The program was developed in cooperation with U.S. Department of Homeland Security and is part of the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America, launched in 2005 by then- Prime Minister Paul Martin, President Bush and then-Mexican President Vicente Fox.
Another $20 million has been earmarked for business leaders and emergency responders to plan for the immediate resumption of trade across the border in the event of a terrorist attack, medical pandemic or natural disaster.
Perrin Beatty, president of the Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters, said his and other associations would work with governments and emergency response teams on both sides of the border to stage exercises and develop protocols that would get trade moving within hours of an emergency.
"If al-Qaida can damage us, either physically or economically, they win," Beatty told the news conference, referring to Osama bin Laden's terrorist organization. "It would be foolish for us to assume that there will not be any further incidents along the border."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070112/ap_on_re_ca/canada_border_security
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