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Old Nov 15, 2010 | 10:19 am
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lostinthewash
 
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Originally Posted by firequall
I would also be interested in knowing if there is as much resistance to WBIs in Canada as there is in the US. I don't recall there being a lot of uproar in the media except when it was first rolled out. Anyone come across any agents storing images and the like?
Is there as much resistance? YES ! But primarily from those who have had to fly into the US. CATSA acts differently depending on whether you are departing domestically, internationally or into the US.

As for the media and Canadian government, they have pulled their usual stunt and rolled over, cowered in the presence of the DHS/TSA and played dead. Heaven forbid they should say or do anything that might irritate the TSA.

The Canadian government has no idea the real clout we have to say enough is enough ... from the US Office of Tourism and Travel Industries website http://tinet.ita.doc.gov/research/mo...als/index.html

of the 33,789,168 visitors to the US year to date, 11,388,659 have been from Canada alone. That's one heck of a revenue source.
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