May, 23, 2012

U.S. Travel Rule Proposals Due Next Month

The Americans are moving ahead with the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative, despite delays by the U.S. Congress and Senate, and there are concerns Canada is dragging its feet.

By Lee Berthiaume

Published May 30, 2007

Proposals on how to apply the land and sea elements of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative are expected by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security within the next month, an American diplomat said Monday.

Keith Powell, minister counsellor at the U.S. Embassy in Ottawa, told Embassy that while the proposals listed in the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPR) will not necessarily be set in stone,...

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