Scott Walker used to be a front runner in this race, and was often hailed as the only true Conservative. Lately however, he has been one of the establishment candidates who have slipped in the polls. Therefore it is possibly that he is only trying to generate some buzz around his campaign, as the race moves into the fall and picks up speed. Nevertheless, Walker too is open to the idea of building a wall. Trump style. You'd think. But no no, he is talking about securing the northern border with Canada. Yes, let that sink in.





The Wisconsin Governor said that the discussion regarding a Canadian wall is 'legitimate' and should be seriously considered if the US wants to secure its borders. Activists say that much of the focus in the campaign has been given to the Mexican border, where people see bigger threat. That's where most of the illegal immigration and drug trafficking is happening, but there are dangers elsewhere too.





Canada has seen two terrorist attacks in the past year, and the fear is that the attackers will try to cross into America through the Canadian border, which is a lot less patrolled by both countries. The Canadian border is 5,525 miles long, which is almost three times as long as the Mexican one. It would practically be impossible to carry it out, especially since some of the terrain is very rough and icy.





The famous "Millenium plot" in 2000 also involved the attacker trying to cross into the country from America and carrying out atrocities in Los Angeles. That plan was averted, but some people say that a wall is needed to achieve similar success in the future.





While the Walker campaign seems to be serious, most people are not. While it can be argued that more patrol is needed, an idea of a wall there is total nonsense, so no one should get their hopes up (if you even ever wanted to).





However, Walker wasn't the only Republican candidate making buzz in the race with a controversial idea this week. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie too joined the "race".





Governor Christie suggested that FedEx should invent a new technology that allows the company and the government to track (illegal) migrants in the same way as one can do with a package right now. It is absolutely absurd. Most people could barely believe it.





Let's not even go the multiple human rights violation problems and the costs of this plan. It's not worth it. The chances of it becoming reality are even less than the wall. Although, many say that the NSA is already doing it through people's phones.





But we are not ones to get into conspiracy theories.





This is an original material of Finchley 1959.