Mr Harper's opponents say he has not been open enough with Canadians on security plans Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper is set to to discuss a new border security pact when he meets President Obama at the White House on Friday.
The plan is expected to call for joint border inspection agencies and greater intelligence sharing.
The leaders are also expected to discuss climate change, energy and trade, US and Canadian media report.
The leaders are to meet for an hour then hold a brief news conference, the White House said.
Mr Harper and Mr Obama are expected to sign a framework agreement on security and announce a year-end deadline for a deal, Public broadcaster CBC reported.
But Canadian opposition parties have said they fear the US will demand too much personal information about Canadian citizens and companies, diminishing the nation's sovereignty.
US senators, meanwhile, have reacted with concern over a new US government report which found that only 32 miles of the 4,000-mile border between US and Canada was adequately secured.
Mr Obama and Mr Harper are also expected to discuss energy security, in particular the Alberta oil sands extraction that the Obama administration says would reduce the US dependence on Middle Eastern oil.
A study commissioned by the Obama administration said a 1,900-mile pipeline from the Canadian oil sands region to refineries in Texas could "could essentially eliminate Middle East crude imports longer term."
But opponents of the oil sands development say extraction creates unacceptably high levels of pollution and the long pipeline puts the water supply in the farmland across which it travels at risk.
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