安大略省萨尼亚市长迈克·布拉德利最初在圣克莱尔河发现一艘不同寻常的无人船只时，他说它看起来“像是来自火星的东西”。
When Sarnia, Ont., Mayor Mike Bradley first spotted an unusual, unmanned vessel in the St. Clair River, he says he thought it looked "like something from Mars."
随后他得知，这是美国海岸警卫队今夏部署在五大湖的几艘监视帆船无人机之一，旨在“为应急响应规划收集关键天气数据、追踪非法活动并保障海上边境安全”。隶属于美国国土安全部的美国海岸警卫队6月告诉加拿大广播公司（CBC），这些船只并非用于监视加拿大人。但布拉德利并不信服。
Then he found out it was one of several surveillance sail drones deployed to the Great Lakes this summer by the U.S. Coast Guard to "gather critical weather data for emergency response planning, track illicit activity and keep maritime borders safe." The U.S. Coast Guard, which operates under the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, told CBC in June the vessels aren't there to surveil Canadians. But Bradley isn't convinced.
“我们在圣克莱尔河、休伦湖、伊利湖上有成千上万的船民，现在他们将被拍照和监视，”他告诉主持人尼尔·克克萨尔。
"We have thousands of boaters on the river St. Clair, Lake Huron, Lake Erie, and now they're going to be photographed and watched," he told host Nil Kӧksal.
“即使他们现在说这是良性的，考虑到与美国关系的急剧恶化，我不相信日后他们不会将其用于其他目的。”加拿大广播公司已联系美加两国海岸警卫队置评。双方均表示无法在截稿前回应。
"Even though they're saying right now it's benign, I don't have the trust down the road, especially with the rapidly deteriorating relationship with the U.S., that they won't use it for other purposes." CBC has reached out to the U.S. and Canadian Coast Guards for comment. Both said they could not respond by deadline.
这些船只被称为“航海者”无人水面航行器，每艘均配备360度高分辨率摄像头、先进雷达和自动识别系统。
The vessels are called Voyager unmanned surface vehicles, and each one is affixed with 360-degree high-resolution cameras, advanced radar, and automatic identification systems.
它们由美国私营公司Saildrone拥有并运营，该公司与海岸警卫队签订的1550万美元合同由美国总统唐纳德·特朗普的“一个宏大、美好的法案”提供资金。“这支‘航海者’舰队将帮助海岸警卫队在这些广阔水域保持持续、可扩展的海上态势感知，实时识别威胁，并实现聚焦、高影响力的拦截行动，”Saildrone总裁约翰·马斯廷在新闻稿中表示。
They are owned and operated by Saildrone, a private U.S. company whose $15.5-million US contract with the Coast Guard is funded by U.S. President Donald Trump's "One Big, Beautiful Bill." “This Voyager fleet will help the Coast Guard maintain persistent, scalable maritime domain awareness across these expansive waters, identifying threats in real time and enabling focused, high-impact interdiction," Saildrone president John Mustin said in a press release.
约克大学研究员佩特拉·莫尔纳表示，加拿大人应当关注：这些数据由一家私营公司收集并出售给美国政府。
York University researcher Petra Molnar says Canadians should be concerned that this data is being collected by a private company and sold to the U.S. government.
“从隐私和问责的角度来看，这是一个非常令人担忧的安排，”《卫报》援引莫尔纳尔的话报道，莫尔纳尔是《边境技术：监控、控制与抵抗》一书的作者。
“This is a very troubling arrangement from a privacy and accountability standpoint," Molnar, the author of , told the Guardian newspaper.
“我们几乎没有关于数据保留、谁可以访问收集到的哪些数据，或者休闲使用该区域的人如何会被卷入为边境执法而建立的数据系统的公开信息。”Saildrone公司未回应加拿大广播公司（CBC）的置评请求。
"We have very little public information about data retention, who can access what data is collected, or how people using the region recreationally [can] be swept up in a data system built for border enforcement.”Saildrone did not respond to requests for comment from CBC.
在美国的北部边境，威胁并非单向的 美国关于加拿大贩毒增加的说法与数据不符：芬太尼事务主管 美国海岸警卫队表示，无人机无需让加拿大人担忧。
On America's northern border, the threats are not unidirectional U.S. claims about higher drug trafficking from Canada don't match the data: fentanyl czar The U.S. Coast Guard has said drones are nothing for Canadians to worry about.
“它们只是在那里用于态势感知，”美国海岸警卫队少尉塞缪尔·罗德里格斯·加西亚6月在接受CBC温莎分台采访时表示，当时这些舰艇部署在伊利湖。“可以把它们看作是移动摄像头，有助于我们实时更好地了解现场情况。”他说，这些舰艇的摄像头由美国海岸警卫队工作人员全天候监控，必要时也可人工操控无人机。但官员称，画面不会被录制。
"They're just out there for awareness," Lt. Junior Grade Samuel Rodriguez Garcia told CBC Windsor in June, when the vessels were deployed in Lake Erie. "Think of them as mobile cameras that kind of help us gain a better insight into what's going on live on scene." He said the vessels' cameras are monitored 24/7 by U.S. Coast Guard staff, who can also manually move the drones when necessary. But the footage isn't recorded, officials say.
他说，美国和加拿大的机构，包括执法部门，在经过适当程序后都可能获得无人机技术的使用权。
U.S. and Canadian agencies, including law enforcement, could have access to the drone technology after going through the proper channels, he said.
加拿大海岸警卫队告诉CBC温莎分台，它与美国同行密切合作，但不参与无人机帆船项目。
The Canadian Coast Guard told CBC Windsor it works closely with its U.S. counterpart, but has no involvement with the drone sail program.
市长称自己被蒙在鼓里 美国海岸警卫队5月通过美国国防部发布的新闻稿首次宣布了“航海者”项目。但布拉德利表示，这是他第一次听说此事。
Mayor says he was left in the dark The U.S. Coast Guard first announced the Voyager project in May in a press release issued by the U.S. Department of War. But Bradley says this is the first he's heard of it.
事实上，他说只有在受聘于《底特律新闻报》时，才得知圣克莱尔河里的那艘船是什么，该报一直在报道这些无人机。作为休伦湖沿岸最大城市的市长，他说被蒙在鼓里是不可接受的。
In fact, he says he only learned what the vessel in the St. Clair River was when he was contracted by the Detroit News, which has been reporting on the drones. As mayor of the largest city on Lake Huron, he says being kept in the dark is unacceptable.
“如果加拿大政府知情并同意，对我来说，这是一个大问题，”他说。“他们本应让加拿大城市、加拿大市长知晓此事正在发生。”加拿大广播公司（CBC）联系加拿大公共安全部了解无人机相关信息，被转介至加拿大边境服务局（CBSA）。
"If the Canadian government knew and agreed to it, that, to me, is a big issue," he said. "They should have let Canadian cities, Canadian mayors, know that this was happening." CBC reached out to Public Safety Canada for information about the drones, and was redirected to the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA).
加拿大边境服务局未回应关于布拉德利担忧的提问，称皇家骑警（RCMP）负责“在入境口岸之间执行加拿大法律，包括在水上执法”。布拉德利表示，该项目出现在加美关系紧张加剧之际绝非巧合。
The CBSA did not respond to questions about Bradley's concerns, saying the RCMP is responsible for "enforcing Canadian legislation between ports of entry, including on the water." Bradley says it's no coincidence the project comes during a period of heightened tension between Canada and the U.S.
在两国陷入贸易战僵局之际，特朗普及其他共和党人反复将加拿大边境描述为危险的安全威胁。
With both countries locked in an impasse in the trade war, Trump and other Republicans have repeatedly framed the Canadian border as a dangerous security threat.
然而，数字讲述了不同的故事。一名美国边境巡逻局官员在6月向国会表示，沿美加边境的毒品查获量和无证移民逮捕量均有所下降。
However, the numbers tell a different story. A U.S. Border Patrol officials told Congress in June that drug seizures and arrests of undocumented immigrants are both down along the U.S-Canada border.
底特律旅游局因贸易战暂停在加拿大投放广告，希望加拿大人别“记仇” 美国海关搜查手机、笔记本电脑数量今年以来激增逾32% 布拉德利称这些无人机是“针对一个并不真正存在的问题的答案”。他呼吁加拿大政府“展现骨气”并进行反击。
Detroit tourism bureau halts advertising in Canada amid trade war, hopes Canadians won't 'hold grudge' Searches of cellphones, laptops by U.S. customs up more than 32% so far this year Bradley called the drones "an answer to a problem that doesn't really exist." He called on the Canadian government to "show some backbone" and push back.
“ ‘挺肘’运动似乎已消退，我曾是该运动的坚定支持者，因为我打交道40年，非常了解美国人的心理，”他说。“如果你不站出来、不反击，他们就会肆无忌惮地欺压你。”
"The Elbows Up movement seems to have died away, and I was a big supporter of that because I know the American psyche so well from 40 years of dealing with them," he said. "If you don't stand up or push back they will just walk all over you."