CBC article on Canadians' "withering rights" at US pre-clearance
Dec 15, 2019, 11:30 am
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CBC article on Canadians' "withering rights" at US pre-clearance
Good opinion piece in the CBC today about Canadians' erosion of rights at the border. I hope somebody brings a charter or supreme court challenge to this. https://www.cbc.ca/news/opinion/opin...ghts-1.5382547
Dec 15, 2019, 12:24 pm
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Total BS IMHO.
1. Even the U.S is the bad guy, the agreement won't stand without the approval of the Government of Canada.
Blaming the U.S.? How about blaming Canada first?
2. The agreement has been proposed since the Obama Administration. FWIW - Blaming Trump is not a solution for everything.
1. Even the U.S is the bad guy, the agreement won't stand without the approval of the Government of Canada.
Blaming the U.S.? How about blaming Canada first?
2. The agreement has been proposed since the Obama Administration. FWIW - Blaming Trump is not a solution for everything.
Dec 15, 2019, 1:16 pm
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Yes, Canadian MP's under Trudeau's and I believe Harper's government are to blame. It's not mentioned in the article, but I believe the genesis of this act goes back to the previous Conservative government. In any case, both Liberal and Conservative MP's voted for this act: https://openparliament.ca/votes/42-1/349/. The blame lies squarely with Canadian MP's willing to trade Canadians' rights in favour of a perhaps minor efficiency of movement for certain citizens.
I look forward to a charter challenge of this act at the supreme court, but that will take years; in the meantime, how many Canadians' rights will be violated and unfairly? :'(
Dec 15, 2019, 1:38 pm
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entering canadian border from US is very unnecessarily tough too. they called people to verify, etc. Even though I am upstanding citizen
Dec 15, 2019, 6:50 pm
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