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Identifying Canadians at the Border: ePassports and the 9/11 Legacy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 June 2014

Brenda McPhail ,
Christopher Parsons ,
Karen Louise Smith ,
Joseph Ferenbok  and
Andrew Clement
Brenda McPhail
Affiliation:
Faculty of Information, University of Toronto, 140 St. George Street, Toronto, ON M5S 3G6, [email protected]
Christopher Parsons
Affiliation:
Department of Political Science, University of Victoria, 3800 Finnerty Road, Victoria, BC V8P 5C2
Karen Louise Smith
Affiliation:
Faculty of Information, University of Toronto, 140 St. George Street, Toronto, ON M5S 3G6
Joseph Ferenbok
Affiliation:
Faculty of Information, University of Toronto, 140 St. George Street, Toronto, ON M5S 3G6
Andrew Clement
Affiliation:
Faculty of Information, University of Toronto, 140 St. George Street, Toronto, ON M5S 3G6
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Keywords

identificationborderssurveillanceePassportsidentificationfrontièressurveillancepasseport électronique
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Canadian Journal of Law and Society / La Revue Canadienne Droit et Société , Volume 27 , Issue 3 , December 2012 , pp. 341 - 361
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Copyright © Canadian Law and Society Association 2012

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