A recent issue of FOCALPoint, a publication from the Canadian Foundation for the Americas, includes multiple articles on the relationship between Canada and Mexico.

On April 23, 2010, Governor Jan Brewer passed SB 1070, a piece of legislation which has sparked protests on both sides of the US-Mexican border. The law, which is to take effect in 90 days, was sponsored by state senator Russell Pearce and allows police to detain people they "reasonably suspect are in the country without authorization." Similarly, it also makes it a crime to not carry immigration papers. A very divisive issue, national immigration reform has been brought back into the spotlight.

From Citizenship and Immigration Canada News Release Government of Canada introduces new program for business people from Mexico Ottawa, April 9, 2010 - Canada's visa office in Mexico City has established a special visa application program for Mexican business travellers, Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney announced today. "Canada welcomes travellers from Mexico and has been looking at ways to provide enhanced services to applicants.

Scott Deveau, National Post

Mitch Potter, The Toronto Star

NORAD fighter jets have been training over Vancouver Island and Metro Vancouver in preparation for the 2010 Winter Olympics. The 2010 Olympic Integrated Exercise Program was designed to confirm that all levels of government, including the bi-national NORAD organization, can respond to emergencies during the Games. The Vancouver Sun reports that the "training is designed to hone NORAD's intercept and identification operations, and is part of NORAD's training to support the RCMP-led security operations for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games".

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On Sunday, December 26, 2009, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, a Nigeria-born Al Queda operative was charged with the attempted destruction of a Detroit-bound airliner. The Associated Press has discovered that US Government officials were actually warned of Abdulmutallab's risk by his father a month before the planned attack.