Canada and the United States have just reached a very broad agreement that governs all means of transport between Canada and the United States - including car, train, bus and ship traffic. The deal could lead to sweeping changes at the two countries' border, allowing armed customs authorities to screen travelers on both countries' territories.
The agreement will help pre-clearance systems located at major Canadian airports and apply to vehicles on land and at sea, allowing travelers to complete customs clearance before reaching the border.
The goal of the agreement is to clear bottlenecks at the border and speed up visitor travel.
At the signing ceremony between Canadian Minister of Public Security Steven Blaney and US Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson, the agreement was evaluated as a historic document by both Governments.
"The agreement will advance our common interests in the security sphere and strengthen our two countries' economic competitiveness," Johnson said.
However, visitors will not see immediate results because the agreement must be ratified by both countries and in the US the procedure will be more complicated than in Canada.
The agreement allows Customs officers from one country to work on the land of the other and be allowed to carry weapons. However, these officers are not authorized to arrest the subject in the host country.
Pilot projects are already active in parts of Canada and the United States. The air travel pre-clearance system has been in use for decades, with US checkpoints located at eight Canadian airports allowing customers to clear customs without having to queue. cargo when the plane lands.
In the past, the two countries have expressed their intention to expand land and sea travel principles as part of the "Border Agreement between Prime Minister Stephen Harper and President Barack Obama" in 2011. But until the deadline at the end of 2012 both countries were still unable to reach a common legal agreement that would allow law enforcement agencies to operate in the territories of neighboring countries.
More than two years later, both countries were able to reach an agreement.
The full text of the agreement has not yet been released, but some details have been released by the Government of Canada, including:
- Allows Customs officers to have the power to detain suspects in the partner country, but not to make arrests. Customs officers from the host country will have to be present to make the arrest.
- Regulations on criminal liability for customs officers. Offenses committed in the performance of duties by any Customs officer shall be punishable under the national laws of the governing customs authority, while other offenses not occurring in the course of enforcement. duties will be sanctioned according to the laws of the host country.
- Requires foreign Customs officers to respect the laws of the host country - including on Canadian soil, under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
The business community considers this an important event in Canada-US relations.
Hoang Nam
source: General Department of Customs
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