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“Good for Business - Beyond The Border: A Shared Vision for Perimeter Security and Economic Competitiveness"

By Administrator Account on 12/12/2011 1:11 PM
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Earlier this year Prime Minister Harper and U.S. President Obama issued a joint Canada U.S. declaration to improve security while accelerating the legitimate flow of people, goods and services between our two countries.

On December 7, the two governments released the Perimeter Security and Economic Competitiveness Action Plan Beyond the Border: A Shared Vision for Perimeter Security and Economic Competitiveness.

The report has received much press over the past few days; some of it good and some of it not so good, depending on the constituent body. I’ll leave it to others to get into the merits or lack thereof of some of the recommendations, and confine my comments to those aspects of the agreement that impact upon mobility of skilled workers.

As part of the work-up to developing the Action Plan, the various government agencies on the project consulted with business groups and stakeholders in both countries over the summer months. CERC and U.S. based WorldwideERC developed...
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