Chapter 4 Canada

Question 1

Canada and US border

Answer 1

• largest bilateral trading relationship in the world
• $700B in 2012
• longest common border in world (3 oceans)

Question 2

How many ports between US and Canada?

Answer 2

more than 100

Question 3

Does the US and Canada have good or bad history?

Answer 3

• good

- history of working together

Question 4

Differences between the Canada and Mexico border with the US

Answer 4

Canada
-4,000 miles long
-less than 1,000 federal agents
-10 US states
Mexico
-2,000 miles
-12,000 officials 
-only 4 states

Question 5

The Canadian “Backdoor”

Answer 5

• Northwest passage (Europe to Asia)
• could become a major trade route option with the changing environment
• ice caps are melting due to global warming

Question 6

What could be some benefits to shipping companies coming from the Northwest Passage?

Answer 6

• time/money
• fewer ignitions (good on environment)
• more cargo because aren’t strained by the size of the panama canal
• better efficiency

Question 7

Key components of the plan signed between US and Canada

Answer 7

• addressing threats early
• trade facilitation
• economic growth
• integrated cross-border law enforcement
• critical infrastructure
• cybersec
• managing the L-T partnership

Question 8

What three efforts are we doing to address threats early?

Answer 8

1. develop common understand of threats
2. align security systems (faster flow of info)
3. ID people that pose threat

Question 9

What three efforts are being made in regards to trade facilitation and economic growth?

Answer 9

• mutual planning to build, fund, and maintain border facilities to enhance risk mgmt.
• compatible screening mechanisms
• single window

Question 10

ICSS

Answer 10

Integrated Cargo Security Strategy

• identifying and mitigating risks early
• facilitating the flow of legitimate cargo

Question 11

What are the four major differences between Mexico and Canada?

Answer 11

1. more agents to secure Mexico even though it is a smaller border
2. how governments interact
3. Different types of regulations between the two
4. more problems associated with Mexican Border

Question 12

How will we secure the pipeline that is going through Canada from Alaska?

Answer 12

• planes to keep an eye out for suspicious people
• verifying what is going into the pipes
• need people close to respond
• sensors