In a letter to David Cohen, the US Ambassador to Canada, copied to The Canadian Press, CEO Goldy Hyder says he is deeply disturbing
that the US government has not reopened 13 NEXUS registration centers.
The two countries are at odds over a long-standing US Customs and Border Protection requirement that their officers at NEXUS centers in Canada enjoy the same legal protections as those they currently operate at other points of entry, such as airports and the Canada-US border .
Secretary of Public Safety Marco Mendicino cited the principles of Canadian sovereignty when explaining why US Customs officers at NEXUS centers cannot enjoy the same legal protections as at airports and borders.
In his letter to Ambassador Cohen, Mr Hyder says he fears the dispute could hurt companies whose employees do not yet have NEXUS cards, and he urges Mr Cohen to recommend the reopening of registration centers.
His comments come after Canada’s ambassador to the United States said the program was taken hostage
by unilateral American efforts to renegotiate the pre-clearance agreement between the United States and its northern neighbor.
There is an attempt to unilaterally renegotiate the terms of a 20-year-old program, and the program is being held hostage by these efforts
Kirsten Hillman said at a symposium on the Canada-US border hosted by the Future Borders Coalition last week.
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