Can Have Both Border Trade, Security: Jacobson

(Embassy – Angelo Persichilli)

The new American ambassador to Ottawa, David Jacobson, is touring Canada because he wants “to learn as much as I can” about the country. A few days ago he was in Niagara Falls, visiting the customs facilities on both sides of the border. He was jovial, spontaneous and very open to talk about the relationship between Canada and the United States. He believes in the ability and the will of both governments to combine the need for business and the duty to provide security, and he is not concerned about the “irritants” between the two countries.

Embassy interviewed Mr. Jacobson while he was crossing the border after the visit on the U.S. side and coming over to Canada. An edited transcript of that interview can be read Read more here.