Collectivités frontalières

"Cross-border communities are tightly knit, both socially and economically. Residents in numerous cross-border communities, notably Buffalo-Niagara, Detroit-Windsor and northwest Washington-Lower Mainland B.C., shop, attend school or church, and visit family and friends on both sides of the border."

"It's important for us to find a real solution...something that's affordable, available and accessible and that's going to keep people travelling."

"I have six children. For me to get passports to go visit my family, my friends - that's going to cost me $700. It will end the way that we socially and economically get together. It will mean a major change for us."

"I am writing to express my opposition to the border identification provisions of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI). As currently drafted, the legislation would create restrictions that are onerous, costly, and of debatable security value."

"In recent years we have faced many challenges in ensuring the continued exchange of goods, culture and ideas between our nations. We must continue to meet these challenges in meaningful ways without disrupting the friendly and mutually beneficial relationship our countries have shared."

"As Mayor of the city with the largest border crossing in Western Canada, it concerns me greatly that if the WHTI is not implemented properly, there will be significant impacts on trade, tourism and border communities"