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1 results foundAuthor: Public Safety Canada Title: Beyond the Border Action Plan Horizontal Initiative Report Summary: On February 4, 2011, Canada and the United States (U.S.) committed to working together through Beyond the Border: A Shared Vision for Perimeter Security and Economic Competitiveness. The Declaration initiated a new long-term partnership between the two countries built upon a perimeter approach to security and economic competitiveness. The Beyond the Border (BTB) Action Plan, released in December 2011, set out specific initiatives to secure the Canada-U.S. border and perimeter while facilitating legitimate trade and travel. This horizontal initiative aims to enhance our collective security and accelerate the flow of legitimate goods, services, and people, both at and beyond the border. The Action Plan sets out joint priorities for achieving a secure and efficient Canada-U.S. border within four areas of cooperation: Addressing Threats Early - Threats are stopped before they arrive either in Canada or in the U.S.; Trade Facilitation, Economic Growth and Jobs - Legitimate travel and cargo is stimulated and expedited; Cross-Border Law Enforcement - Criminals are prevented from leveraging the Canada-U.S. border to commit international crimes; and, Critical Infrastructure and Cyber Security - Canada and the U.S. are prepared for and can respond to threats and emergencies. In total, 32 initiatives are grouped under these four areas; two additional initiatives cover the responsible sharing of personal information and centralized oversight of the Action Plan's implementation for a total of 34 initiatives. As the close-out report for the Action Plan, this report provides readers with a cumulative view of progress made during 2016-17, as well as an overall picture, by theme, of the results achieved for Canadians over the five-year period of the Action Plan. While this report focuses on Government of Canada achievements and progress to date in meeting Action Plan commitments since its inception, joint Canada-U.S. Implementation Reports have been released annually - with the last one published in the summer of 2016. You will find under each theme achievements to date for the initiatives. Highlights include: Canada and the U.S. now have a greater understanding of each other's legal, policy and operational frameworks governing information sharing for national security processes. Cooperation is not limited to security issues alone; for example, joint plant and animal assessments are now conducted on third party countries. Agreements regarding visa and immigration information sharing as well as the sharing of information on asylum and refugee claimants have been successful as they assist Canadian officials in verifying applicants' identities, provide new immigration information, and facilitate the travel of low-risk individuals. An increase of membership and expansion of benefits for the NEXUS trusted traveller program which contributes to more effective management of the border and an enhanced traveller experience. Bi-National Port Operations Committees have been established to ensure cooperation and partnering to enhance collaboration on overall port of entry management, to coordinate emergency responses and preparedness, to integrate enforcement efforts, and to improve the efficiency of mitigation strategies for border wait-times. Canada has also demonstrated its joint leadership on international cyber security efforts through the ratification of the Council of Europe Convention on Cybercrime (Budapest Convention) in 2015. That Convention is the only international instrument to address cybercrime and the acquisition of digital evidence for criminal justice purposes. It covers not only cybercrimes, such as hacking, but also requires all States Parties to criminalize and assist in the investigation of content offences such as child pornography and other Internet crimes such as fraud. Finally, a cross-cutting initiative, shared privacy principles, was the first completed deliverable under the Action Plan. The Canada-U.S. Joint Statement of Privacy Principles was published in June 2012. These principles have been applied to a number of arrangements under the Action Plan and will be applied to future collaborations under the final phase of the Entry/Exit initiative, among others. In preparing this close-out report, Public Safety Canada (PS) collected updated information and performance data from all federal BTB organizations that are working on the 32 themed initiatives. Going forward, information on initiatives not yet completed under the Action Plan will be found in each organization's annual Departmental Results Report (DRR) as of the 2017-18 reporting period. Details: Ottawa, Canada: Public Safety Canada, 2018. 63p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed July 14, 2019 at: https://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/cnt/rsrcs/pblctns/2016-17-btbaphi/2016-17-btbaphi-en.pdf Year: 2018 Country: Canada URL: https://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/cnt/rsrcs/pblctns/2016-17-btbaphi/index-en.aspx Shelf Number: 156747 Keywords: Border Security Child Pornography Cybercrime Immigration Partnership |