excerpted from Globe and Mail Harper, Obama to discuss big changes in border security February 2, 2011 Plans to implement greater intelligence sharing sure to raise sovereignty, privacy concerns
…According to Colin Robertson, a former diplomat who has discussed border issues with officials on both sides, at last June’s G20 summit in Toronto, Mr. Harper approached Mr. Obama to discuss the increasing difficulty of moving people and goods.
“The Prime Minister said ‘look, we’re not making the progress we’d like. Would you give this a bit of a boost?’ ” Mr. Robertson said. In exchange, he said, Mr. Harper promised, ‘if we have to look at perimeter defence … we’re ready to do it.’”