Bottlenecks at the border are taking a toll on U.S.-Canada trade.

Cleveland.com, July 20, 2008 - “As the sum grows—and everyone thinks it will—backups of an hour, two hours, sometimes much longer become more frequent. Hassles multiply, ballooning the cost of shipping, interfering with just-in-time inventory needs and ‘thickening the border,’ as shippers say, referring to the decline in efficiency that more traffic brings.” Read more.