Anti-Terrorism Laws Strain US-Canadian Relations

The Bush Administrations fanatical obession with homeland security is backing Canadian-US relations into a corner. US government requires that all people crossing from Canada to US to have a passport. They are also pushing to increase security measures along the border as well. Canada depends on US tourism and thrity eight states have Canada as their largest export. The problem is that only twenty eight percent of Americans have passports and forty percent of Canadians have them.

Ontario PremierMcGinty is calling for a change from passport requirement to a "much more secure drivers license". Ontario will likely make the switch but the impact of making everyone have a passport will be a serious deterrent to tourism.

The unneccesary security increase makes it seem like the US doesn't believe that Canada is capable of handling security on their own. McGinty has said that they will be on the cutting edge of security in North America. The War on Terrorism should not take away US jobs and infringe upon the freedom of citizens in other countries.