John Manley, the former deputy prime minister who negotiated the NEXUS trusted traveller program with the U.S. is calling on the federal government to examine the way the program's rules are being enforced. "It's stunning that the numbers are as great as they are and the exercise of the authority to cancel is being done in a manner that seems somewhat capricious and unjustified," Manley, who is a NEXUS card holder, told CBC. "That's terribly disappointing. It's certainly not what (former secretary of Homeland Security) Tom Ridge and I had in mind in ensuring that the program existed." Manley says that the Canadian government should apply pressure on the U.S. to change their procedures to improve the program and its appeal process, especially during a time when Americans are also concerned with the border.
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