Story Archives of 'Canada'

In 2004, congress passed a law that says all travelers crossing the Canadian border must have a passport. With the start-date for that plan around the corner, New Hampshire's tourism industry is getting worried. Tonight on the Front Porch, we'll find out what kind of effect the law could have on the state's economy, and what kind of technology could be used to keep cross-border traffic flowing as smoothly as possible.

We'll talk with:

Senator John E. Sununu, who recently called a special congressional hearing to explore this issue

Michael Donovan, owner of Visit Canada and other tourism businesses based in Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Robert Atkinson, President of the Information Technology & Innovation Foundation

As politicians in Washington debate immigration policy, a small group of New Hampshire residents have begun taking action.

They feel the federal government is not doing enough to protect the country's borders.

So they're doing it themselves.

NHPR Correspondent Todd Wellington has the story.

While Canada and the United States share a geographic border, it seems that for the most part, they are drifting apart idealogically, with Canada becoming more liberal and the United States becoming more conservative. We'll look at how the two neighbors are changing, yet in some ways becoming similar. Laura's guests are Dan Dunsky, a broadcast journalist with TVOntario in Canada. He's also a weekly foreign affairs contributor for radio and has written for the National Review, the Weekly Standard, the Globe and Mail, and the National Post. Laura's other guest is Kurk Dorsey, Associate Professor of History at the University of New Hampshire who specializes in U.S. foreign relations and Canada.

Many U.S citizens think the Canadian health care system is cheaper and a model the U.S should adopt. Others say it may cost less but the care is not as good. And many Canadians believe the uninsured in America receive no health care at all. We'll discuss some of these perceptions, how the two countries ended up with such different forms of health care, and we?ll talk about what works and what doesn't in Canada and the U.S. Mike Arnold guest hosts. His guests are Raisa Deber, professor in the Department of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation at the University of Toronto and Dr. Kenneth Thorpe, Robert W. Woodruff Professor and Chair of the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University and Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services for the Clinton Administration (1993-1995).