Canada Tightens Border Crossings
The Canada Customs and Revenue Agency is enforcing a requirement that truck drivers in both countries show photo identification and proof of citizenship when crossing the U.S.-Canada border, the agency said. In reality, showing two forms of identification has long been the agency’s policy. The Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, as well as the growing number of people contracting anthrax, have the agency increasing its security measures, agency spokeswoman Colette Gentes-Hawn said.
“We’re being a lot more stringent than we’ve ever been before,” she said. “We’re being more thorough. But this is not new. You’ve always had to identify yourself.”
The agency is asking drivers for their commercial driver license and either a birth certificate, passport, naturalization certificate, military-issued DD214 identification or a government-issued license.