Who Ya Gonna Believe?

"These findings should sound a loud alarm to the Department of Homeland Security, the Canadian government, and our Committee. The American people are grossly under-protected along our northern border." – Sen. Joseph Lieberman, Ind. CT, Chair of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, responding to a report prepared for his committee on northern border security, Tuesday

"[The Government is] negotiating a secret agreement with the U.S. on the border [while Joe Lieberman] dragged our national reputation through the mud." – Martha Hall Findlay, Liberal MP, Wednesday

"[H]ow much information about ourselves are we being asked to surrender to American authorities? No one can tell us. This is why the secrecy of this deal is troubling." – Michael Ignatieff, Leader of the Official Opposition

"[N]either parliamentarians nor the population have had any access to any information whatsoever regarding this debate" – Pierre Paquette, BQ MP

"All we're asking for is a little democracy. [Harper] hasn't informed Canadians what he's up to and he hasn't consulted this House." – Paul Dewar, NDP MP

"[Conservatives] will always put Canada's interests first..." – John Baird, Government House Leader

"Every deal this prime minister has made has led to a thicker border, not a thinner one. American politicians continue to slag Canadians as terrorists and they go uncontested every single day." – Brian Masse, NDP MP

"We have a very positive relationship with the Obama administration." – Peter Van Loan, Minister of International Trade

"Obviously Canada and the United States are not going to match up perfectly on every measure with respect to how we balance security issues, privacy issues, openness issues. But we match up more than probably any country on Earth." – Barack Obama, President of the United States of America

"The vague plans outlined Friday by Stephen Harper for a common border security arrangement with the U.S. threaten Canada's sovereignty. That's a given. Regardless of the Prime Minister's denials, most Canadians get that." – Thomas Walkom, Toronto Star.

"This declaration is not about sovereignty." – Stephen Harper, Prime Minister

"Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied." – Otto von Bismarck, 19^th century German statesman