Canadian Chamber of Commerce - A Canada-U.S. Border Vision Report

Canadian Chamber of Commerce - A Canada-U.S. Border Vision Report

The Canadian Chamber of Commerce has published a report with the title: “A Canada-U.S. Border Vision”. The report identifies five border principles to strengthen security and competitiveness for North American business:

Taking a bilateral, co-management approach to the Canada-U.S. border;

Giving strategic and resource priority to trusted shippers and travelers;

Expanding the definition of the border to not always be ‘at the border’, including performing inspections and risk assessments at offsite venues;

Moving the border ‘away from the border’ to our shorelines and foreign ports;

Achieving regulatory cooperation or mutual recognition on differences between our domestic product and consumer safety regulations.

The Executive Summary contained in this report also proposes: “To move forward on this vision, we propose launching a “Green Light” pilot project at, at least one major port of entry, co-managed by Canada and the United States, to expedite the movement of low-risk goods and people. This pilot project will provide uniform and consistent border planning, targeting trusted shippers and travelers, and coordinating agency resources, linking crossborder infrastructure projects, and actually strengthening port (and between port) security, enforcement protocols and incident responses. A successful pilot project would create best practices that could be applied across the Canada-U.S. border.”

The full report can be found at: http://www.chamber.ca/cmslib/general/blueprint.pdf