This was signed February 14th, Happy Valentines day! We hear about it on the 23rd. No one asked us, I did not hear this debated in Parliament. This MAY not be a bad idea. Living in Windsor, we have helped Detroit, Detroit has helped us Fire trucks, ambulances all have crossed the border in aid attempts. Notwithstanding, we should have been consulted prior to such a blanket agreement!
In the 70's I read Rhomer's book, "Ultimatum," in which the USA was running out of water... they invaded. The book ends with the US President on Canadian tv beginning a speech with "welcome, my fellow Americans." He was right, the next war will likely be over water, or the "porousness" of our border, depending on who the next President is.
The U.S. military does not allow its soldiers to operate under foreign command so there are questions about who controls American forces if they are requested for service in Canada. I have BIG questions about this. Foreign soldiers on Canadian land NOT under Canadian control? Who defines "civil emergency?"
If they can do this without letting us know what the hell else are they doing? Harper is a danger to Canadian Sovereignty and obviously does not feel the need to consult with the very people he supposedly represents prior to agreeing to something of this magnitude!
The more I think about this, the more I fear this is going to turn out to be a human version of the US/Mexico fence currently being built!
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