Canada Never Again
A friend and I were accused of being drug dealers at the boarder by the Canadian BP. Here is what happened We were flagged by BP to secondary because of my friends past 42 years ago when he was 18. Wh...
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This was a situation that could have been avoided if the OP had gotten himself informed of the rules ahead of time.
If he had asked on this forum or checked the published regulations, if
Can I enter Canada with pepper spray?
Can I enter Canada with someone else's prescription drugs?
Can I enter Canada with a friend that has a criminal record?
The answer would have been a resounding NO, you can not do any of these.
The time to ask is before, not after. In this Information Age we now live in, keeping one's self informed is not too difficult, IMHO.
As they say, talk is cheap, until you hire an attorney to represent you, as the friend would have had to do to gain entry into Canada. Not hard at all for me to see how $3000 could be spent on the legal process.
If he had asked on this forum or checked the published regulations, if
Can I enter Canada with pepper spray?
Can I enter Canada with someone else's prescription drugs?
Can I enter Canada with a friend that has a criminal record?
The answer would have been a resounding NO, you can not do any of these.
The time to ask is before, not after. In this Information Age we now live in, keeping one's self informed is not too difficult, IMHO.
As they say, talk is cheap, until you hire an attorney to represent you, as the friend would have had to do to gain entry into Canada. Not hard at all for me to see how $3000 could be spent on the legal process.
