[Atlantic Friend]

Isn't that somewhat inevitable ? The Western democracies are open societies, and of course there are people who want to profit from it. But can we (and should we) really change the way our society work, given it would mean less freedom for our ordinary, law-abiding citizens ? By the way, the title is somewhat misleading. Saying Syria is friendly to terrorists is OK by me, but Canada ?

[NorthOf45]

Here we go again ... give it up already. Both nations have issues. We both need to get our act together and pointing fingers is useless.

[mtbopfuyn]

Well, duh. It was on the news just yesterday that at one of Canada's border crossings, it's only manned M-F, 8-5. Of course not that they couldn't cross anywhere, but come on. Canada, Mexico, and the INS...

[FairOpinion]

PING -- re. Canada border

"The report claims that terrorists and crime syndicates are increasingly using Canada as an operational base and transit country en route to the United States.

"A generous social-welfare system, lax immigration laws, infrequent prosecutions, light sentencing, and long borders and coastlines offer many points and methods of entry that facilitate movement to and from various countries, particularly to the United States," the report says.

"These factors combine to make Canada a favored destination for terrorists and international crime groups."

[FairOpinion]

Link to the page where you can get the actual report -- it looks like a nice, long, but interesting 256 page report.

http://www.loc.gov/rr/frd/terrorism.html

Click on: "Nations Hospitable to Organized Crime and Terrorism (October 2003) New!"
on above linked page.