Presentation to the Canada/U.S.Transportation Border Working Group

Vancouver – December 4-5, 2002

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The Four Pillars of the Plan

• The Smart Border Declaration was built on four pillars:

• The Secure Flow of People • The Secure Flow of Goods• Secure Infrastructure• Coordination and Information Sharing in the

Enforcement of These Objectives

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Smart Border Declaration

• CCRA is responsible for 8 of the 30 action items:

• Alternative Inspection Services (Item 3)• API/PNR (Item 8)• Ferry Terminals (Marine Benchmarking) (Item 10)• Harmonized Commercial Processing (Item 14)• Clearance Away from the Border (Item 15)• Joint Facilities (Item 16)• Customs Data Exchange (Item 17)• Intransit Container Targeting (Item18)

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Smart Border Declaration (cont’d)

• Shared Border Accord meeting held on Oct 30/31

• Good progress to date on key initiatives:

• In-transit Container Targeting at Seaports

• NEXUS, NEXUS Air

• Harmonized Commercial Processing

• Issues remain with the following initiatives:

• Clearance Away From the Border / Joint Facilities

• Rail Pilot Program

• Infrastructure

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Alternate Inspection Services

• NEXUS Highway

• Operational at Sarnia / Port Huron, Pacific Highway / Blaine, Douglas / Peace Arch and Boundary Bay / Point Roberts

• Enrolment Centres in Detroit and Buffalo• January 2003 – Windsor / Detroit & Fort Erie /

Buffalo bridges• March 2003 – Windsor / Detroit Tunnel &

Niagara bridges• Remaining high volume ports along the

Canada/U.S. border by end of 2003

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Alternate Inspection Services(cont’d)

• CANPASS Air

• Initiative for pre-approved, low risk air travellers

• Will be available in Canada only

• To be implemented at Vancouver and Toronto To be implemented at Vancouver and Toronto airports in early 2003 and subsequently in Calgary, airports in early 2003 and subsequently in Calgary, Edmonton, Halifax, Montreal, Ottawa and Winnipeg Edmonton, Halifax, Montreal, Ottawa and Winnipeg

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Alternate Inspection Services(cont’d)

• NEXUS AIR

• Will be piloted at Ottawa and Dorval International airports in mid 2003

• Will include evaluation of iris recognition biometric technology which will be utilized with CANPASS Air

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Advance Passenger InformationAdvance Passenger Information/ / Passenger Name Record (API/PNR)Passenger Name Record (API/PNR)

• API implemented at Canadian airports on October 8, 2002

• PNR collection to begin in January 2003 and automation to be phased in over 18 months

• Canada / U.S. agree to share API & PNR on high-risk travellers destined to either country

• Canadian / U.S. customs and immigration officers now jointly located at pilot Joint Passenger Analysis Units at Vancouver and Miami airports

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Ferry TerminalsMarine Benchmarking Study

• Joint study conducted by Canada and US at international marine terminals

• Report completed in May 2002 identified best practices to enhance security and contraband interception

• Agencies have begun to make improvements based on the recommendations

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Harmonized Commercial Processing

• Free and Secure Trade – FAST

• Canada/U.S. program in partnership with the importing community to enhance security, expedite processing and conduct trade compliance verification away from the border.

• Canada and the U.S. are now accepting applications

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Harmonized Commercial Processing(cont’d)

• FAST benefits the importing community by:

• Reducing information requirements for clearance

• Eliminating need for transmission of data for each transmission

• Reducing rate of border examinations• Moving trade compliance verification away

from the border• Streamlining accounting and payment process

(Canada only)

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Harmonized Commercial Processing(cont’d)

• FAST will be available:

• In December 2002• At six high-volume border crossings

• Pacific Highway, BC / Blaine, Wash• Windsor, Ont / Detroit, Mich• Sarnia, Ont / Port Huron, Mich• Fort Erie, Ont / Buffalo, NY• Queenston, Ont / Lewiston, NY• Lacolle, Que / Champlain, NY

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Harmonized Commercial Processing(cont’d)

• NON – FAST

• Canada and the U.S. are also working to align other commercial customs processes by 2005

• Will include such elements as common requirements for data, electronic commerce standards and timeframes for advance transmission of cargo information

• Canada and the U.S. are also working internationally to align commercial processes

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Harmonized Commercial Processes(cont’d)

• In June 2002 – CCRA and USCS Commissioners spoke to the World Customs Organization (WCO) to promote harmonized commercial processes and supply chain security

• Resolution on Security of the International Trade Supply Chain

• CCRA is participating in the Task Force charged with developing a plan for consideration by the WCO at the June 2003 Council Session

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Clearance Away From the Border

• Develop an integrated approach to improve security and facilitate trade through away-from-the-border processing for truck cargo and driver

• A number of options are being considered

• Key issue is federal inspection agencies of one country operating with full powers in the other

• Significant Charter and Bill of Rights issues

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Clearance Away From the Border (cont’d)

• Rail Pilot

• Agreement to develop an operational plan

• Senior officials meet with CN / CP to discuss the plan

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Joint FacilitiesJoint Facilities

• Establish criteria for the creation of small remote joint border facilities in the context of international zones where Canada and US federal inspection agencies would enforce their respective laws - on the soil of the other country

• Joint facilities of this kind (co-located shared facilities on one side of the border or the other) being explored as part of Clearance Away from the Border

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Joint Facilities (Cont’d)Joint Facilities (Cont’d)

• Meanwhile, joint facilities that straddle the border continue to be pursued, with four already in operation: more are under construction:

• Carson, BC / Danville, Wash• Little Gold Creek, Yukon / Poker Creek, Alaska• Climax, Sask / Turner, Mont• Noyan, Que / Alburg, Vermont

• Two other facilities are under construction and three more will be constructed in 2003

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In-Transit Container Targeting

• Joint targeting for in-transit marine containers arriving at seaports in Canada/U.S. has begun through exchange of information and targeting officers

• Launched last March, U.S. customs inspectors now working at the Vancouver, Montreal and Halifax container targeting units and Canadian inspectors are in Newark and Seattle

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Border Infrastructure

• Objective of this initiative is joint and coordinated physical and technological improvements aimed at overcoming traffic management/growth challenges, including dedicated lanes/border modeling exercises

• Government’s Border Infrastructure Fund (BIF) will invest in roads, commercial vehicle processing centres, intelligent transportation systems and highways

• Focus will be on the six largest land border crossings

• CCRA / USCS will develop framework for an Infrastructure Working Group, including transport agencies, to ensure that customs needs are considered in planning infrastructure improvements

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Next Steps for the Manley/Ridge Process

• PCO, in consultation with key departments and agencies are developing broader agenda, building on the success of Manley/Ridge

• Meetings to continue between Manley/Ridge to ensure progress on all of the Phase One initiatives

• Next meeting is December 5-6, 2002

• Next Shared Border Accord meeting will be hosted by the USCS, in February 2003