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  1. Cybersecurity Challenges for Canada and the United States

    The Internet was designed not with security in mind, but rather openness and the free flow of information. The resulting globally connected Internet has brought unprecedented levels of information and commercial exchange, contributed enormous gains to ...

  2. Obama's second term offers Canada hope for a more efficient border

    Appeared in Embassy: Diplomacy This Week With Barack Obama earning another four-year term, Canadians can only hope the newly re-elected American president will stay the course in modernizing the Canada-U.S. border and make good on commitments outlined in ...

  3. Measuring the Costs of the Canada-US Border

    Key findings After ten years of post-9/11 border innovations, the costs associated with border crossing have not significantly decreased while government spending on border security has markedly increased. In order to develop performance-based and cost ...

  4. MCOOL and the Politics of Country-of-Origin Labeling

    In the United States, Mandatory Country-of-Origin Labeling (MCOOL) was brought into force in 2008. Because of the bill, American retailers must inform consumers about the country of origin of various classes of meat products including muscle cuts of beef, ...

  5. Fraser Forum- January/February 2012: Longer than ever- Canadian Healthcare

    In this issue: Cut now, not later by Niels Veldhuis, Milagros Palacios, and Charles Lammam Program spending needs to be cut if provincial governments want to run a stable budget without deficits. Federal government’s decit delay no surprise by Niels ...

  6. Renewed hope for a more efficient Canada-U.S. border

    Appeared in Trail Daily Times The new border security agreement to be announced by Prime Minister Harper and President Barack Obama is badly needed and should bring some relief to Canadian traders, travelers, and tax payers. Harper has managed to convince ...

  7. Reach of the American octopus calls for stamina in Canada-U.S. relations

    Appeared in the Calgary Sun Pierre Trudeau once compared Canada’s relationship with the United States to sleeping with an elephant. No matter how friendly the elephant; one is affected by every twitch and grunt. But it seems today a more apt description ...

  8. Canada's National Interest Ten Years After 9-11

    Appeared in Embassy The change to world affairs and Canadian foreign policy that began with the horrific attacks of 9-11 was as a big as the onset of the Cold War, only it happened more quickly and with less forewarning. Both America’s role in the world ...

  9. bin Laden's legacy continues to terrorize the Canada-U.S. border

    Appeared in the Hamilton Spectator and Trail Daily Times The world breathed a sigh of relief after President Barack Obama announced the demise of Osama bin Laden in a stunning Special Forces operation. But for Canadian businesses relying on trade with ...

  10. Can the U.S. Congress Help Canada?

    Appeared in the Trail Daily Times and New Brunswick Telegraph Journal The U.S Constitution declares that Congress--not the president—is the first branch of government. What does that mean for Canadian-American relations? We conducted a content analysis of ...