majik

The original thread has gone a little OT, but I'll wade in in nonetheless

It's really not even about those that are gaming the system. The government want a complete record of everyones travels, regardless of citizenship or residency status. The eTA system is but the tip of the iceberg of the combined US/Canada "Beyond the Border" Initiative. Do you really think the Canadian government would spend close to $200m for the eTA system just to deal with the average 7000 people a year who are denied entry at airports? Thats quite a per unit cost eh?

People who game the system or those that are ineligible for entry make up a tiny fraction of the millions of people who visit both countries each year. Laws and tools already exist to deal with these people, we don't need any more. But as always a tiny minority will be used as a scapegoat for more increased monitoring of law-abiding citizens and residents.

majik

Gong show continues. eTA rollout delayed until after November 9th.

And who said the system wouldn't burden citizens and PRs?

https://www.thestar.com/news/immigra...t-a-break.html

From the article though it seems something else is up. The line about being 'in consultation with our airline partners' seems a bit odd, especially for something like passengers obtaining an additional passport. I'm thinking that the IT is still not up to spec or CBSA haven't given the airlines proper guidelines and procedures on how to deal with dual citizens and PRs.

airoli

No one. What was said was that the purpose of the system was not to keep citizens and PRs from travelling, but that this was a "side-effect" deemed acceptable in the bigger context.

majik

Glad to see myopic planning is still alive and well in Canada. eTA rollout has been nothing short of a disaster. The government was warned about the burdern placed on PRs by immigration lobby groups and is cited as one of the reasons for the first eTA delay.

http://policyoptions.irpp.org/2016/0...ation-amnesty/