Re: [Paddlewise] Candian entry .....

From: Craig Jungers <crjungers_at_gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:18:59 -0700
On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 3:57 PM, Hal <hal.11_at_comcast.net> wrote:

> I recently flew from NH to small airport in Quebec by a private company
> plane  We were met by 2 very overzealous customs agents.  All 6 of us were
> interviewed and screened.  2 in our group were detained because they had a
> prior record.  One was a 25 year old DWI the other was a 10 year old DWI.
> They made them each pay a $200 fee to allow them entry. The process at the
> airport took almost 2 hours.   We should have left them sitting there.


Canada has been sensitive to DUI offenders for at least 15 years. My wife
and I took a company-paid excusion on the passenger ferry from Seattle to
Victoria in 1992 along with another 50 employees and contractors. Three of
them were refused entry and had to depart on the next ferry for the USA.
Their offenses were also DUI. The got back into the USA with no problem;
after all, legally they had never actually left.

Craig Jungers
Moses Lake, WA
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