Catching criminals

Why should Canadians worry about Canadians being fingerprinted and photographed at the US border - after all, only criminals and terrorists would fear this, right?

In fact, Canada could help the US by requiring all Americans to be fingerprinted and photographed when they entered Canada. Then Canada would catch more criminals, and then Canada could share all the prints and photos with the US, which does not permit such arbitrary fingerprinting of ordinary citizens.

Perhaps that is what Canada's Foreign Affairs Minister discussed with the US Secretary of State on November 14?

After all, isn't this similar to Echelon, where the UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand eavesdrop on satellite and microwave signals the US is forbidden to listen to by US law, and vice-versa, and then share the information?

We will then be able to further emulate much more secure countries, where all that citizens have to fear is the police and the government - like Iraq.