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U.S.-Canada Security Relationship in Post 9/11 Era

r than some other kind of organization?ö Similarly, in 2003, it is appropriate to review the appropriate responsibilities and roles for various governmental entities in relation to security, as well as reviewing policies and activities for relevance.

Typically, security and intelligence organizations measure risks to security in ways that reflect their national cultural values. In the contemporary era, many policy makers contend that a changing environment involving and exponential growth in information, a changing character of enemies from states to amorphous groups, and a capacity to move relatively quickly and freely around the world requires that security and intelligence activities among states be more highly coordinated than in the past and be less reflective of national values. While there are obvious logical reasons to support such an argument, those arguments lose their value if one state, feeling that it is more equal than others, attempts to impose its will on the nature of international cooperation in the pursuit of improved security.

Assessing the Post 11 September 2001 Security Relationship between Canada and the United States

In the immediate aftermath of the terrorist attacks in the United States in September 2001, the federal government of Canada proposed Bill C-36, the Anti-Terrorism Act, which, among other provisions, would expand the power of the federal government to withhold information from the public. Under the bill the Minister of Justice could suspend the Freedom of Information Act without the possibility of challenge by either the Information Commissioner or the judicial system. Wesley Wark (6) said in 2002 that the Canadian Access to Information Act has been, in its application, ônothing less than a disasterö. Wark (6), thus, argued for improved application of the Freedom of Information Act, as opposed to the draconian provisions of Bill C-36. Ottawa, however, was under pressure from the Am...

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