Chuck,
I gave up on the UK a long time ago, after they joined the EC and cast off their economic links to Canada, Oz, S. Africa and NZ (that's our thanks for standing by them in two world wars). Who knows why they prefer to chum up to the former Axis powers?
Certainly there is the notorious example of that psycho on the ferry; but surely that solitary case does not mean that we are a haven for terrorists. I don't believe it justifies tightening the border between the two best neighbours in the word, which costs both Canada and the USA a lot of money.
MLS-12D
P.S. It is HUGHLY ironic that I'm put in the position of having to defend our crazy immigration situation.
Personally I'm quite reactionary, and I have little sympathy for all of these people that we seem hell-bent on admitting to Canada.