vic46 wrote:
Escargot wrote:
DutchmenSport wrote:
All I can say is, "WOW!" Makes me glad I don't visit Canada!
We've talked about going to Alaska .... via a Cruise Ship.
Last year was my first visit to Canada. I was there 3 or 4 weeks and I LOVED it! The people were extremely friendly, helpful, and seemingly civilized; the geography was to die for.
Thank you, Canada!
How would you feel about everybody going to secondary for further investigation! The information sharing provides a tool for border enforcement to be far more efficient and therefore using less of their time and that of the traveler. The termination of the communications between the border enforcement agencies is not likely to change any time soon, if ever.
I would rather everyone was treated fairly and equally, and if Canada is really worried about a mass influx of guns coming in, then search everyone. But, I don't believe they are that worried about it overall.
Using information on what I legally do as a citizen of the US, and my country providing that info to Canada, under the guise of making it more efficient is total BS.. Total total BS. What happens if Canada (or the US) decides to ban cigarette smoking altogether. And what if the US decides to track who smokes cigarettes and provide that info to Canada. Is Canada going to target smokers and search their vehicles for cigarettes? Now, Im quite sure everyone is gonna jump up and say it's not same. But, it is. A citizen of a country is legally performing an act, or legally owns something, and he or she is potentially targeted as a "problem", or someone who requires increased scrutiny, because the other country decides they don't like what that person is doing legally in his country of citizenship.
PS. I can't wait until I make my first trip to Canada since I was 18. I know I won't have any guns, but sure will be interesting to see how much scrutiny I get. I really do long for the "old days", that will never return. When I graduated out of high school, we went to Vancouver for a long weekend. Didn't even have to have a passport, just my US drivers license. Those days will never return unfortunately.
Mike
