Under the Department of Homeland Security, the Border Enforcement Security Task Force (BEST) gathers officers from several different law enforcement agencies under one umbrella to help combat existing and emerging transnational criminal organizations that pose threats locally and internationally.
While BEST is a primarily American operation, both Canada and Mexico have participating law enforcement agencies.
The Ship Rider pilot program, otherwise known as the Integrated Cross-Border Maritime Law Enforcement Operations (ICMLEO) officers of both Canadian and American law enforcement agencies collaborate to patrol the maritime areas between Canada and the US.
In particular, this initiative permits specially trained law enforcement officers (from Canada & the US) to jointly crew each other's vessels and allows them to patrol common and undisputed waterways along the
This fact sheet outlines the details of the Canada-US bilateral law enforcement relationship, which includes various programs to help make both countries more secure while facilitating lawful trade and travel.
Some key programs mentioned are the Ship Rider pilot program (also known as the Integrated Cross-border Maritime Law Enforcement Operations (ICMLEO)), the Integrated Border Enforcement Teams (IBETs), and the Border Enforcement Security Taskforces (BESTs).
This journal publication by the Canadian Military Journal discusses Canada's contribution to and role in the Cold War.
This article talks about how Canada, a country deeply connected to the economic superpower and leading democracy, and the United States quickly began cooperating militarily.
This article goes on to highlight the concerns over US policy by Canadian nationalists
On March 17, 2003, former Prime Minister Jean Chrétien stated in the House of Commons that Canada would not join the US-led war in Iraq after President George W.
Following the events of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States and the anthrax attacks, the G8 nations (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, United Kingdom, and the United States) came together to take action upon the threat of chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear weapons, especially those utilized by terrorists.
In the 2002 Summit in Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada, the G8 Leaders established the Global Partnership Against t
This is the record of the House of Commons Special Session on September 17, 2001 where Prime Minister Jean Chrétien makes a speech to the nation regarding the 9/11 attacks on the United States.
This resource also contains the speeches made by other MPs at the Special Session.
In his speech, Jean Chrétien said "The world has been attacked.
Operation Yellow Ribbon was the official name of the coordinated effort of the Canadian Government to divert civilian airline flights in response to the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States.
The goal of this operation was to ensure that potentially harmful air traffic be removed from the US airspace and to divert it away from potential US targets and they did so by grounding the aircrafts at military and civilian airports across Canada.