The US and Canada signed a border security pact that included a controversial new entry-exit system. Prime Minister Stephen Harper hailed the new set of agreements as a merger between security concerns and the need for commerce and travel. Harper said measures to deal with criminal and terrorist threats can thicken the border and hinder efforts to create jobs and growth. He called the border deals ''practical steps to reverse that direction."

Date: 2011-12-07
Placeline: Washington, DC, USA
Source: The Canadian Press
Length: 13 seconds

Transcript Prediction: << these agreements create a new modern border for a new century together they represent the most significant steps forward in Canada U. S. cooperation since the north American free trade agreement >>

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