According to the news report it says his documents were confiscated by the American authorities, because they questioned the validity of the document. If this is reality, then it seems that it is the American authorities that have placed him in this untenible position.

As near as I can remember Bush didn't designate Canada as an "evil empire" so why is there an absence of diaglogue between Canada and US immigration. In fact if his passport is the property of the French Republic, according to one of the above posts, why are they not trying to recover their property?

Something stinks, and typically more so as you go south into warmer climates.