Trudeau, Obama Quietly Agree to Share Personal Information on Citizens
SputnikNews.com
14.03.2016
The risk of Canadian citizens ending up stuck on American security lists has just increased for those who seek to cross the border from Canada into the United States, as President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau have agreed to share personal biographic information on citizens.
During Trudeau’s visit to Washington, DC last week, the duo worked out a national security deal wherein both countries will share information on their citizens who wish to travel across the border. The deal was quietly announced by President Obama on Thursday.
Currently, the Canada Border Service Agency provides the United States with information on third-country citizens as well as Canadians who are travelling by land across the border, but in most cases the information provided only includes the person’s name, birth date, and port of entry.
Canada’s former privacy commissioner, Jennifer Stoddart, has opposed Ottawa’s sharing of information with Washington, noting the Maher Arar case, in which an innocent Canadian citizen ended up tortured due to faulty information, as well as three similar cases involving the torture of Muslim Canadians, the Star reported.
The Rest…HERE
