Air Canada
Canada (07/05)
The two countries also work closely to resolve transboundary environmental issues, an area of increasing importance in the bilateral relationship. A principal instrument of this cooperation is the International Joint Commission (IJC), established as part of the Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909 to resolve differences and promote international cooperation on boundary waters. The Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement of 1972 is another historic example of joint cooperation in controlling transboundary water pollution. The two governments also consult semiannually on transboundary air pollution. Under the Air Quality Agreement of 1991, both countries have made substantial progress in coordinating and implementing their acid rain control programs and signed an annex on ground level ozone in 2000. In June 2003, Canada and the U.S. announced a new border air quality initiative designed to increase cooperation in combating cross-border air pollution, including particulate matter. Three regional pr ... [Read More]
Tips for Travelers to Canada
Revised May 2005 INTRODUCTION Millions of U.S. citizens visit Canada each year. We hope this brochure will help you avoid problems. If you should need assistance as a result of an accident, illness, or the loss of your passport, our Embassy in Ottawa and Consulates General in Halifax, Quebec City, Montreal, Toronto, Calgary, and Vancouver are there to assist you. [Read More]
Medical Information for Americans Abroad
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Canada
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Proposed Timeline for Implementation for Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative Requirements
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Canada, Mexico, and Central America
Aircraft deployed to the Forward Operation Location (FOL) at the Salvadoran Air Force base in Comalapa track aircraft and sea vessels moving north towards the United States. FOL aircraft report their findings to U.S. law enforcement agencies, which then notify regional governments. In 2004, cooperation between the FOL, the Embassy, the Salvadoran Air Force, and the PNC resulted in the seizure of 2,968 kilograms, and the arrest of nine narcotics traffickers by Salvadoran officials. The presence of the FOL in El Salvador contributed to an additional total seizure of 2.2 metric tons of cocaine by U.S. law enforcement agencies and other regional governments. ... [Read More]
U.S., Mexico, Canada Issue Report on Security, Prosperity Accord - US Department of State
In addition, the report cites common principles in the SPP for electronic commerce, and more cooperation among the three nations in making air transport, energy, steel, automotive manufacturing and other economic sectors more competitive. ... Key initiatives identified by the prosperity working groups include the development of a coordinated strategy by 2006 to combat counterfeiting and piracy in North America. In addition, the report addresses common principles for e-commerce, streamlining regulation, simplifying trade flows and more cooperation in making air transportation, energy, steel, automotive manufacturing and other economic sectors more competitive. Agreements have also been reached to enhance cooperation on public health and safety protections related to the safety of consumer goods as well as safe international trade opportunities for certain agricultural products. ... [Read More]
F) Canada, Mexico, and Central America
Mexico remains a major supplier of heroin, methamphetamine, and marijuana, and the transit point for more than one half of the cocaine sold in the U.S. Cocaine and other drugs are smuggled by every conceivable commercial and non-commercial conveyance: air and containerized maritime cargo; fishing vessels; flights to clandestine landing points; human couriers, (including undocumented migrants and children), and airdrops to go-fast boats off the Mexican coasts. While the Pacific coast of Mexico continued to be the favored route for maritime trafficking because of its lack of natural choke points, the events of September 11 caused the relocation of U.S. interdiction assets, leaving the area more open for drug smugglers. Other routes were favored as well, as an increase in non-commercial vessel movement to Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula through the western Caribbean, especially in the use of go-fast vessels was seen in 2001. With regard to air transport, although there were only three confirme ... [Read More]
USIS Washington File: TEXT: TRANSPORTATION DEPT. ENDS SERVICE FOR 33 FOREIGN AIRLINES
Washington -- The U.S. Transportation Department has ended authority for 33 foreign airlines to provide air service to the United States for failing to provide plans to address the needs of the families of passengers involved in an aircraft accident. ... On Jan. 29, 1998, Secretary Slater and National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Chairman James E. Hall sent a letter to foreign air carriers reminding them of their responsibility under the law. DOT sent additional letters to foreign carriers, including a July 8 letter notifying non-filing carriers of the requirement, and contacted each non-filing carrier by telephone. By October 1, 205 of the 252 foreign carriers licensed by DOT had filed their plans. On that date, the department proposed to terminate the authority of the remaining 47 carriers. ... [Read More]
Canada, 2002
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