Canada-U.S. border security deal talks continue

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Source: CBC News

Prime Minister Stephen Harper says Canada is still working on a security border agreement with the United States.

But even though there's no perimeter secruity agreement yet, critics fear Canada's already giving too much away in the face of new threats to free trade between the two countries.

A final deal between the countries is not imminent. Sources told CBC News that even organizing an event to announce an action plan towards a perimeter security deal is proving difficult during the American pre-election season, when U.S. President Barack Obama's priorities lie elsewhere.

And even as talks continue to make it easier for people and goods to cross the border, new evidence of American protectionist instincts — most recently in a new "Buy American" clause Obama's America Jobs Act.

Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2011/10/05/pol-perimeter-folo.html

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1. Please keep the borders open till

Nov 2012. I just might smuggle myself over there if a Repuke steals another election.