AUDIO: U.S.-Canada border needs more action, Tom Ridge says

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Source: CBC News

Former U.S. president George W. Bush's homeland security secretary, Tom Ridge, says he believes Canada and the United States have learned the right lessons from the Sept. 11, 2001, tragedy.

Speaking with guest host Susan Lunn on Saturday morning's edition of The House on CBC Radio, Ridge praised recent efforts to refocus attention on the Canada-U.S. border after a period where attempts to streamline the movement of goods and services "kind of floundered."

"Well-intentioned government officials occasionally need sustained pressure by the economic interests on both sides," Ridge said. "Inertia sets in from time to time."

Ridge worked very closely with former foreign affairs minister and deputy prime minister John Manley on the original "smart border" initiative between the two countries in the aftermath of 9/11. He said it arose from a conversation he had with President Bush following a briefing in the Oval Office.

Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2011/09/09/pol-ridge-border.html

[russspeakeasy]

1. Tom Ridge ? Tom Ridge couldn't find the Canadian border

with a map and a compass...
What the hell is an idiot like ridge doing working with a "smart border"?:nuke:

[Metta]

2. He's part of the corporate security state and a fool, to boot.

... thinks he's immune to the suffering his actions cause.

[bigworld]

3. There's lots of action at Niagara Falls!

[COLGATE4]

4. Did he suggest that they use lots and lots of duct tape?????

[JJW]

5. Did he ever find the billions of dollars

that couldn't be accounted for during his directorship at Dept of Homeland Security?

Now Tom works with the gas industry in PA, so they can frack without regulations, dump their toxic waste in municipal water supplies, streams and rivers and not pay any taxes on the gas they extract.

[1620rock]

6. What an asshole, I am a Customs Officer on the Canadian Border, and border security here is fine.

[ThoughtCriminal]

7. But what's really important

Make sure no cheaper prescription drugs cross into the USA.

That's the only real threat they're worried about.