Border crossing is a bone of contention for me. We had the U.S. Department of Homeland Security several weeks ago nixing the border pre-clearance pilot projects that were in place, which had been strongly advocated by commerce on both sides of the border as being a step in the right direction.
We have lofty ideals with the security and prosperity partnership. Everyone wants to cooperate, but when it comes right down to it, sometimes security of one nation trumps all other agendas.
My concern is that talk is cheap, but action is really what we should be desiring. With all this talk, I'm not sure whether we're spinning our wheels on this. If we want to really strengthen our competitiveness and reduce the cost of our trade, why are the countries involved not sitting down and working out all these problems?