Privacy concerns raised as details of Canada-U.S. border deal emerge

"The federal government insists there is little to worry about."

When the government says you have little to worry about, you SHOULD be worried.

We really do not want to be sharing our citizen's information with the police state that US has become. The US has sacrified most of their rights in the name of security. Canada should not follow the same path. Freedom is preferable to the state of the US.

maybe Canada should do the same and stop the scams

I think that if the government is going to give my information then I should know what is in my file. The Canadian government can screw up just about anything, I would like to see what is going to a third party. I don,t have anything to hide but lets just see whats is going to be released

Here is an easy way around that stuff. DON`T GO. They like us to spend our money there so if we slow it down or stop it, they will do something to fix it. They are bullies they have to have it their way, so fck `em, I won`t be going there anytime soon. Presently they can`t afford the daily paper so that would hurt them big time.

I do not think that Canada should compromise with the US over any privacy of information. When they say, "will only flag suspicious vehicles at the border," this leaves a lot of room for interpretation. As the US has failed to live up to intent of NAFTA by deliberately slowing the movement of people and cargo over the US border in an effort to protect their economy we should not be willing to compromise the privacy of any Canadians on the strength of US promises. The fact of the matter is their word is not worth anything whatsoever.

Means leaving Canada to any country in the world.
Not just south to their country.but allowing tracking of Canadians anywhere in the world
if you read text

A point everyone seems to be missing, the U.S.A. will be able to track any Canadian leaving Canada reguardless where they are travelling to and all informatiion concerning each canadian Individual ! There is no statement here that states "only Canadian's travelling from Canada into the U.S.A. by land, sea or air"
Who the hell gave these morrons in the U.S.A. the right to track anyone outside their border's even if they do not cross into the U.S.A. ? This is worse then Communisim, this is an act of war agains't Canada and if the Harper Government sign's this agreement, then Harper and all of his cabinet should be charged with and tried in the Supreme Court Of canadian Law for "High Treason" and dealt with accordingly ! You won't see the citizens of the U.S.A. conforming to such invasions of their privacy by Canada nor any other country!

Canada: the largest natural gas supplier to the United States
Canada: the largest electricity supplier to the United States
Maybe we should turn off the lights.

This whole ordeal with releasing info about Canadians sounds a bit fishy to me. All the Americans have to know is what is in my passport and the reason of my visit to the US. The rest should not concern them whatsoever! Why should my work place or what my days off are be of importance to them? So what possible info is the Government going to put out there for them? If we have or not mortgages and what our shoe size is?? A bit much, really.
Does the US forget how much revenue we bring them just by shopping there, leave alone some of us spend on motels and RV parks. Hmmm....Make it easier guys, don't complicate things more than they already are.

Why Us always picks on the Canadian borders? they should do more for their Mexican border!

What if I invent a transporter like on Star Trek in my basement . Cool or what . I can use solar power to run it .

Not concerned; gave up going to that paranoid country 25 years ago. But I seriously am concerned about their anal retentive view of the world around them. But that is another story.

It's bad enough that the US government infringes on their citizens privacy now they want to do the same to Canadians. They need to have someone to blame when things go wrong in their country. They've always bullied Canada why stop now.

...as for only suspicious vehicles - a co-worker of mine, and older lady and her husband, very normal white bread, in fact rather 'square' looking kind of people went to the u.s. in an impala (not a cargo van or anything either) to visit their son, got pulled in and their vehicle searched, drug sniffing dogs and all. So what constitutes suspicious?

one more step in the process of taking over Canada?

I wonder how the American's would feel if this was being done to them? Is not their usual responce to this kind of thing, " You can't do that to me. I am an American." I believe that we should adopt the attitude of, "You do this to us, we shall do the same to you."

MY UNDERSTANDEING OF THIS ARTICLE IS THE HARPER GOV'T WILL BE GIVING THE USA GOV'T ABOUT CANADIANS TRAVELLING ANY WHERE OUTSIDE OF CANADA NOT JUST TO THE USA WAKE UP CANADA....PROTEST STRONGLY TO YOUR MP PETITIONS PHONE CALLS PERSONALLY!!!!DO YOU NOTICE THE USA IS NOT GIVING US INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR CITIZENS TRAVELLING!!...IF WE DONT LIKE THIS DEAL HARPER WILL JUST THROW US IN ONE OF HIS MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR PRISONS HE IS BUILDING!!

Its time to find new trading partners and doing less business with the Us.

Have No doubt there will be other countries interested in our oil and lumber.

Keep going USA. People like me won't take your 5hit much longer and just stay home in Canada #$%$ the USA . Passport,crossing the boarder,customs(a**holes), now this. YOUR COUNTRY IS NOT WORTH IT OR THE PEOPLE. There is more BS in your country than out and if you think I'm lying. 911 Building 7. Good old USA always pointing the finger else where. Movies and Music that is all you bring to the table. Other than that it's all sugar coated 5hit.