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Smart Border Declaration

The Smart Border Declaration is a binational agreement signed on December 12, 2001, between the United States and Canada. The agreement aimed to continually improve border security, information sharing, infrastructure protection, and law enforcement co-operation between the two nations. Many of the innovations that have become common worldwide were pioneered with the Smart Border initiative, including cargo and passenger preclearance, the NEXUS trusted traveller program, and joint policing missions on cross-border threats.

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Article summary

The Smart Border Declaration is a binational agreement signed on December 12, 2001, between the United States and Canada. The agreement aimed to continually improve border security, information sharing, infrastructure protection, and law enforcement co-operation between the two nations. Many of the innovations that have become common worldwide were pioneered with the Smart Border initiative, including cargo and passenger preclearance, the NEXUS trusted traveller program, and joint policing missions on cross-border threats.

Key claims

  1. date of establishment: 2020 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the date of establishment is "2020". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  4. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369090271

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