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Affirming Nova Scotia!

There are many ways that the Province could engage in an affirmation
strategy, without antagonizing other jurisdictions. One of these would
be to highlight boarders with the outside.

The most prominent boarder points are Crossings or Ports of Entry. A
policy of border affirmation would impress upon those arriving, that
they were entering Nova Scotia. The best way to impress this fact
would be to make the entry a proactive interaction, somewhat like
that, which occurs between tourists and immigration at boarder
crossings between Canada & the US.

Setting up Agriculture Inspection Stations at crossings with NB, PEI
and Nfld. would be an ideal way of affirming the boarder. It would
simply involve several lanes with kiosks straddling them, from which
Agricultural Inspection Officers could ask a few summary questions
like, "Are you carrying any animal, vegetable or fruit products with
you? and then saying "Welcome to Nova Scotia!" when the questions were
completed.

Agriculture inspection would be the prime mover for establishing these
visible boarder crossings; however, they could be expanded sometime in
the future to include checks for terrorists or drugs.

The State of California set up Agriculture Inspection Stations on all
highways coming in from Oregon, Nevada and Arizona a number of years
ago. Today their vocation has expanded well beyond that humble
beginning.

Wishing you all the Best!

J. Lewin