Canada-U.S. border security

Public Safety Canada works with the Attorney General of the United States to develop policies, strategies and initiatives to address cross-border crime. Our two departments have built a bilateral consultative mechanism to address issues such as smuggling, marketing fraud, identity theft, human trafficking, money laundering, child abduction, high-tech crime and terrorism.

Public Safety Canada also takes a policy leadership role in Canada creating a unified approach to cross-border crime that spans law enforcement agencies and federal departments. We also bring Canadian agencies and departments into closer working relationships with their American counterparts to address cross-border crime. A common goal of Public Safety Canada and the Attorney General is to facilitate information and technology-sharing among the law enforcement agencies.

• Canada-United States Cross-Border Crime Forum
• Integrated Border Enforcement Teams
• International Indigenous Cross-Border Security Summit
• Smart Border Declaration and Action Plan
• Treaties and conventions
• Canada-United States framework for the movement of goods and people across the border during and following an emergency

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