Canada/US Border still shut...

JaxDad wrote:

wilber1 wrote:

dedmiston wrote:

wilber1 wrote:
Bear sprays in larger containers are OK in Canada, sprays for use against humans like Mace are not.

Nope. This was evidently the bad kind. Lesson learned. I'll be a better guest next time.

It's kind of an odd distinction, I'm sure bear spray would work very nicely on humans.

It’s not an ‘odd’ distinction, it’s a legal distinction. Bear or wasp spray is a common product for a legitimate innocuous use. Pepper spray is an offensive weapon and illegal in Canada.

There’s lots of such quirks in Canadian criminal law. It’s mostly based on intent.

Understood but it has more to do with the type of container than the contents. If it will stop a bear, it will do a number on a human.