🇨🇦 🇺🇸 🙄 Why Canadians take the risk, I'll never know!
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Why Canadians take the risk, I'll never know!OTTAWA - Canada and the United States say two preclearance projects that would allow more travellers to be screened well in advance of crossing the border are set to proceed this year after many months of planning.
The assurances follow U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra's comments that cast doubt on the future of arrangements currently allowing many passengers flying to American cities to be pre-cleared at Canadian airports by U.S. border officers.
@SnowyCA Why are *we* paying for this? This should be paid by the USA *in full*
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@SnowyCA Why are *we* paying for this? This should be paid by the USA *in full*
@EdwinG
Do we foot the entire bill? -
@SnowyCA
The same reason people participate in other risky activities: they mistakenly believe bad things only happen to other people.@crispius
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Why Canadians take the risk, I'll never know!
OTTAWA - Canada and the United States say two preclearance projects that would allow more travellers to be screened well in advance of crossing the border are set to proceed this year after many months of planning.
The assurances follow U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra's comments that cast doubt on the future of arrangements currently allowing many passengers flying to American cities to be pre-cleared at Canadian airports by U.S. border officers.
Montréal has had US pre-clearance for decades - I assume other airports, too.
That Hoaxtra doesn't seem to know this is ... not a surprise.
Note that once you are through their gateline, you are considered to be on US soil and can be deported from there.
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@EdwinG
Do we foot the entire bill?@SnowyCA “Ottawa pledged money for planning, design and construction of the preclearance facility.”
Sounds a lot like it. The only thing we don’t seem to pay for is the operations (understand, personnel)
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Montréal has had US pre-clearance for decades - I assume other airports, too.
That Hoaxtra doesn't seem to know this is ... not a surprise.
Note that once you are through their gateline, you are considered to be on US soil and can be deported from there.
@VE2UWY
yup, not only Montreal but other cities. -
@SnowyCA “Ottawa pledged money for planning, design and construction of the preclearance facility.”
Sounds a lot like it. The only thing we don’t seem to pay for is the operations (understand, personnel)
@EdwinG
Ooops I missed that--thanks, Edwin.
Maybe we are paying because in their eyes it benefits Canadians? -
@EdwinG
Ooops I missed that--thanks, Edwin.
Maybe we are paying because in their eyes it benefits Canadians?@SnowyCA It seems like it's the perpetual USA position... someone else will pay for it.
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@SnowyCA It seems like it's the perpetual USA position... someone else will pay for it.
@EdwinG
Always, then they have the nerve to turn around and play "the victim"! -
@EdwinG
Always, then they have the nerve to turn around and play "the victim"!@SnowyCA I just can’t deal with them anymore. They exhausted any reserves of sympathy I may have had.
