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Sexism at the border: a personal account

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May 7, 2014, 9:20 pm

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China Clipper

Join Date: Aug 2009

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Originally Posted by Badenoch

Not specifically but they can ask or check anything they choose and Canadian law requires that you answer truthfully.

And it seems the CBSA is equally guilty of some bad behavior.

http://o.canada.com/news/cbsa-airpor...nt-humiliation

Situation normal.... just like regular cops. They know that very, very few citizens have the time, leisure, and other resources to stand their ground with respect to their rights. In practice, these guys are judge, jury, and executioner and power has been known to corrupt now and then.

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Originally Posted by jphripjah

I don't think this was sexism. Single dudes returning from Southeast Asia get the sex tourist inquisition all the time.

Never disrupt a MSM narrative with facts!

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