As a Canadian, it doesn't bother me as long as it's
a two way street. And I, for one, think that we should have combined
security for North America minus Mexico -- tough screening at all
ports of entry into Canada and the US and then easy passage between the two
nations. I don't feel my sovereignty threatened by that.
As for US customs agents at airports -- are you
sure they have arrest powers? I recall a story at Vancouver International
where US agents detained a 16 year old Canadian girl for a day -- simply
because she was dressed in a provocative manner. And all heck
broke loose -- in that they cannot do that.
It would seem to me that they can detain and turn
over to the RCMP... but as they are on Canadian soil, they have no powers of
arrest. I don't think they carry guns. They can refuse entry and issue 5
year entry bans on the spot (meaning no joking)!
But there is a better story recently
reported: a Canadian citizen, now living in the US, was charged and
convicted of doing business with Cuba while he was in Canada! That's like
Canada convicting an American for breaking Canadian law in the
States!!! Canada has no embargo with Cuba...
Strange little world over here in the
territories!!
Doug
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, April 05, 2002 10:52
AM
Subject: [BoundaryPoint] Re: Let's see if
this works! CAUS border story
Funny that they'd be uneasy with Canadian officials
operating in the
United States. How about US Customs pre-screening
operating at
numerous Canadian airports? Given that they have arrest
powers on
their sovereign soil, that is something worthy of being uneasy
about.
Good to hear that the US is sharing info on northbound
traffic.
MIKE
--- In BoundaryPoint@y...,
"Doug Murray Productions" <doug@d...>
wrote:
> Print Story -
canada.com network
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Cameras target border
jumpers
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Staff now can see why a sensor has been
tripped
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Glenn Bohn
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Vancouver Sun
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Thursday, April 04, 2002
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