Today Prime Minister Harper will fly to Washington where he's expected to sign a perimeter security and economic competitiveness deal with President Obama. As with past U.S. negotiations, "deal" might be too generous a term for what looks like unilateral adoption of U.S. norms.

Based on news reports, the 32-point Beyond the Border Action Plan will create new checks on travel into and out of Canada and increase the amount of personal information that is shared with U.S. security agencies. It will announce new joint policing initiatives that could make it normal to have U.S. agents operating in Canada.