Border deal could erode personal privacy in Canada: Report

September 15, 2011

The following is excerpted from the 15 September 2011 edition of The Ottawa Citizen.

The anticipated trade and security agreement with the United States carries no guarantee of a reduction of red tape at the border for Canadian business and is more likely to violate national privacy laws, a new report suggests.

In a report released Wednesday, the Rideau Institute offers a scathing rebuke of a new cross-border agreement with the U.S., expected to be announced within weeks, that the federal government says will increase perimeter security and ease trade with our neighbours to the south...

This release is available in its entirety on the Ottawa Citizen website at:

http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Border+deal+could+erode+personal+privacy+Canada+Report/5406889/story.html

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