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| From | "josh chasin" <jchasin@nyc.rr.com> |
| Subject | Re: Why we will not be attending IPO again this year :-( |
| Date | Thu, 19 Feb 2004 12:45:13 -0500 |
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I haven't really been following this debate; but the threat from Canada is
NOT almost non-existent. The threat from native Canadians may be almost
non-existent. But you do not have to be a native Canadian to cross into the
States from Canada; it is a popular strategy for would-be terrorists
entering the country.
Having said that, I'm sure the border paranoia is overdone. But there is a
legitimate underlying reason for it. I'd wager that some of the 9/11
hi-jackers made their way into the States through Canada.
----- Original Message -----
From: <bob_hutton@standardlife.com>
> I may be wrong here, but I assumed Andrew was referring to the threat
from
> Canada being "almost non-existent", rather than the general threat of
> terrorism. I've travelled to both Canada and the USA before 9/11 (and to
> the USA after 9/11) and I generally found the American immigration staff
> to be more brusque, to ask more irrelevant questions and to be generally
> less tolerant than their Canadian counterparts.
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