Sean Casey, Liberal MP for Charlottetown, P.E.I., wrote an interesting opinion piece for the Huffington Post on August 2, in which he decried the evils of the Canadian-American cross border initiative which would possibly allow American police officers certain exemptions from Canadian law.

Now we are now witnessing the Americanization of our law enforcement. Armed American police officers will now operate on Canadian soil. Bit by bit, agreement by agreement, Canada is giving away more and more in the name of trade. To Conservatives, none of this is a threat to our sovereignty…

Well, really, it isn’t a threat to our sovereignty. But lets set that issue aside for the moment and concentrate on the problem that got Mr. Casey fired up in the first place, namely that American police officers will now operate on Canadian soil. What does this mean for Canadians? Well if the past is any indication, not much.

What many Canadians aren’t aware of is that American police have been happily working in our great country for years. The Federal Bureau of Investigation has offices in Ottawa, Toronto and Vancouver. Go stop by and get your picture taken with an actual fed.

These offices are called Legal Attachés and the Special Agents assigned to them work with the RCMP and other local law enforcement (get this) to obtain information for the FBI on crimes and criminals that could harm U.S. citizens or interests. Interests include social, economic, or anything else that might stop the USA from maintaining it’s we’re number one posture.

So in other words, the FBI is in Canada spying on Canadians. This doesn’t seem to even pip Mr. Casey’s radar. He’s more concerned that a few border guards will be pre-screening ahead in the lineup at the border in an attempt to make crossing easier for everyone.

Never mind the fact that the CIA has a long and dark history in Canada, (from MKULTRA to the use of northern air bases to transport prisoners to those non-existent dungeons) what about the ATF (Toronto) or US Marshal Service? Many agencies are already cooperating with Canadian authorities on a variety of issues, and still in the midst of it all, we remain the God-fearing Queen-loving country that we always have been. Sovereignty is not an issue with this upcoming attempt at cross-border civility. Especially because there will be a Canadian agent with the Americans at all times.

Of course Mr. Casey should know all this, he is after all, a lawyer. I think the only disappointing thing about this story is that the American officers operating in Canada won’t be from the Reno Sheriff’s Department. Can we deputize Danny DeVito and do something about that please?