Forging Stronger Partnerships

To better address the extraordinary challenges to border security witnessed in recent years, we have expanded our partnerships with U.S., Canadian, and other international departments and agencies. For instance, we have undertaken key initiatives under the Canada/U.S. Smart Border Declaration to better secure our joint borders with the U.S., and we have worked with Health Canada to develop screening measures to fight the travel-related spread of SARS. At the same time, we have been working to advance our partnerships with the provinces and territories, adding new programs, data exchanges, and business number arrangements with improved accountability. Recent federal-provincial issues have made it somewhat more challenging to build new partnership arrangements, and our progress has been slower than planned. Nonetheless, we have positioned ourselves to offer more programs to our partners in the coming years, such as enhanced Workers' Compensation Board arrangements and the administration of new programs.

Date modified:

2003-10-29