8/21/2007: Security News Brief: The SPP Meeting in Canada:

Security issues highlighted the North American summit Monday where
President Bush and the leaders of Mexico and Canada are crafting a
plan to secure their borders in case of a terrorist strike or other
emergency.

Bush, Mexican President Felipe Calderón and Canadian Prime Minister
Stephen Harper want to find a way to protect citizens in an emergency
- perhaps an outbreak of avian flu or a natural disaster - without the
tie-ups that slowed commerce after the Sept. 11 attacks.

Calderón is cutting short his trip to Canada to return home to manage
his own natural disaster: Hurricane Dean is bearing down on the
Yucatan Peninsula. Maurico Guerrero, a spokesman for the Mexican
embassy in Canada, said Calderón will attend all the events Tuesday at
the summit, but his schedule has been streamlined and he will no
longer stay another day, as planned.

The three leaders are also seeking middle ground on issues ranging
from energy to trade, food safety to immigration. Few, if any, formal
announcements are expected at the meeting at a highly secured red
cedar chateau along the banks of the Ottawa River.