Where Did the Cross-Border Love Go?

Published February 27, 2008

Canadian diplomats in the United States no longer use the phrase "world's longest undefended border" to describe the 49th parallel, but prefer the sober and politically safe "world's longest secure border" instead. While a few in Canada may sound warnings about continental integration and the "dismantling" of the dividing line, the term most often used in Washington to describe the former longest undefended border...