Some 12,000 illegal immigrants were nabbed at the Canada-U.S. border last year by 279 agents who inspected 113 million people, he said. The question is, how many did they miss," he asked.
(Marijuananews note: How many did they miss at the Mexican border? How many came directly to DEAland and overstayed their visas?)

The possibility of terrorists, armed with weapons of mass destruction, using Canada as a springboard to sneak into the U.S. on terrorist missions is making U.S. lawmakers nervous.
(Marijuananews note: Are "weapons of mass destruction" on sale in Canada? The fact is that any well-financed terrorist could find his way into DEAland, either through Canada or Mexico, or directly from some other country. And the materials used to make bombs and other weapons are very readily available in DEAland.)

"(The Immigration department) and other intelligence reports indicate that terrorist groups locate in Canada in part because of Canada’s liberal visa and asylum laws and because of the country’s proximity to the United States," Michael Bromwich, the U.S. inspector general for the Justice Department, told the panel investigating the sharp increase.
(Marijuananews note: If we have information on terrorists in Canada, I am sure that Ottawa would be glad to know about them.)

In January, Lloyd Axworthy, the Foreign Affairs Minister, travelled to Jamaica to launch the final element in his "soft power" foreign policy initiative—a hemispheric debate on the illegal drug trade. His goal was to create a special international forum of foreign ministers to find ways to combat the international drug trade.

The effort was part of his "human security" foreign policy agenda, which includes protecting civilians from acts of terrorism.

But yesterday the U.S. (House) Judiciary Subcommittee heard that Canada’s lax drug laws have created a booming trade in the sale of marijuana to the U.S., in particular from British Columbia, where the Hells Angels motorcycle gang has increased sales of indoor-grown marijuana to the Los Angeles market, where it gets more than $4,000 (US) a kilogram.
(Marijuananews note: This is the posse that couldn’t convict Clinton. It includes Barr and McCollum and other prohibitionists. The crap about the Hells Angels is direct from the Mounties’ own anti-Canadian prohibitionist propaganda.)
See
USA Today Recycles A July Story About BC Marijuana Being Traded
Pound For Pound For Coke; It Was Prohibitionist Non-Sense Then, And It Still Is.
and
Canadian Paper Gives Mounties Free Ride On Prohibitionist Propaganda
On Marijuana Growing; Lying At The Public Expense
and 
New Party Line In Prohibitionist Propaganda For DEAland/Canada Border
(Disguised As Journalism In Vancouver)

"And it is so easy to get into Canada that something has to be done on that level."

The problem of illegal drugs from Canada is dwarfed by the 450,000 kilograms seized along the Mexican border last year, but lawmakers are still alarmed.

(Marijuananews note: Get that? 1,985 kilos vs. 450,000! It is just good journalism to include the actual numbers. The Toronto Star did not report them in its coverage, citing only the impressive sounding "600% increase, but a large percentage increase from a small base can be very misleading.
See
Very Short Article From The Toronto Star Shows
Why Cultivation And Sale of Marijuana Must Be Legalized;
But That Definitely Was Not The Intended Message!

And yeah, sure, "lawmakers are still alarmed." That is a part of the game. Back in the 1970s, reports from  Eastland's "Senate Internal Security Sub-Committee", said that they were "alarmed" to hear about marijuana’s "menace to the national security" of DEAland. Twenty years later, they are still playing that game. From Eastland to Barr, evolution is a very slow process, indeed.)

"Ten years ago we experienced very little alien or drug smuggling along the border," said Eugene Davis, deputy chief patrol agent for the U.S. Border Patrol in Blaine, Wash. "We know that illegal smuggling activity takes place on a daily basis."
(Marijuananews note: Based on these numbers there is still very little smuggling, but they are also the result of prohibition.)

As well, because Canada does not demand visas from as many countries as the U.S., "this has resulted in many smugglers being able to easily bring third-country nationals into Canada and smuggle them across the border," he said.
(Marijuananews note: Marijuana, terrorists and illegal immigrants! Oh my! And to think we are wasting all those bombs on Belgrade when Ottawa is so much closer!)

They all point to famed terrorist Abu Mezer, who was caught three times trying to enter the U.S. from Canada. When Canada refused to take him back, he was freed in the U.S. pending his deportation hearing. Mr. Mezer is now serving a life sentence for plotting to blow up New York’s subway system.

"It is clear to me from this case ... that northern border enforcement issues are vitally important to the security of the United States," said Mr. Bromwich.

David Harris, a former Canadian government spy, blamed Ottawa’s liberal immigration policies, as well as the country’s casual attitude about the growing international tension, for Canada’s increasing attractiveness to terrorists.

"Terrorism is now alive and well and living in Canada," said Mr. Harris, president of Insignis Strategic Research in Ottawa and former chief of strategic planning for CSIS.
(Marijuananews note: Yes, and Canadians are fleeing south like Kosavars!)

"The sharing of the information between these agencies ... represents the best strategy to prevent the movement of drugs between our two countries and protect our citizens," Mr. Chretien said in a letter to the committee.