Note
"April 2013."
"Christian Leuprecht is associate professor in the Department of Political Science and Economics at the Royal Military College of Canada and a fellow of the Centre for Security and Armed Forces and Society. Todd Hataley is adjunct professor of political science at the Royal Military College of Canada and a fellow of the Queen’s Centre for International and Defence Policy."--Page 22.
Résumé
On February 4, 2011, President Barak Obama and Prime Minister Stephen Harper launched a strategy for new era of cooperation called Beyond the Border: A Shared Vision for Perimeter Security and Economic Competitiveness. Although the strategy of loosening the "belt" and tightening the "suspenders" instead is widely believed to be economically advantageous for Canada, it also lends itself to ready exploitation by organized crime. Perimeter security may be good for economic competitiveness; whether it makes us any safer, by contrast, is debatable. Beyond the Border has four goals: addressing early threats; and facilitating the growth of trade, the national economies and jobs. It envisages a layered approach to border security, with the two nations working jointly to shift border functions away from the border itself to points inland.