Perimeter Negotiations on a Short Fuse

(Eric Morse — Ottawa Citizen) The prime minister and the president of the United States took time out from the recent G-8 meetings in France to discuss perimeter security. The Deauville talks between Barack Obama and Stephen Harper are the first time the issue has come onto the radar since early February when the two launched a commission to look into the issue -hardly surprising given assorted political distractions like wars and elections. But the government's throne speech Friday places the issue back on top of the agenda. The topic is vast, complex, and carries massive baggage. How (for instance) are Canada's immigration interests to be squared with the Americans' when our domestic workforce is shrinking and theirs isn't? How does that affect efforts to rationalize approaches to refugee and visa policy? Read more here.