<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Andrew Webber:
This statement is not true. PFI is just part of Canada where the US agents have some special powers (until the last couple of years, they weren't allowed to carry guns, for instance).
Even embassies are not on foreign soil, as I recall the last time this was discussed here, our resident expert clarified that this only happened in 1944 when the Dutch queen gave birth in Ottawa, and that floor of the hospital was declared foreign soil.
andrew</font>
I know that it is not foreign soil but if you noticed I had " " around soil and forgot them around soil when referring to the consulates and embassies. The " " were implying without as many words that the US officials have certain powers in these areas as if they were on real US soil. They even have the ability (perphaps a lawyer out there may know better) that they can even detain someone and have them sent back to the US if they enter this area, which they can not do outside of this area.
Even though consulate and embassies are not their actual soil, Canadian laws and enforcement does not apply or is severely limited, even emergency services need permission if there is a fire etc.
On a related note there is a piece of British soil in the US on the Big Island of Hawaii at the Captain Cook Monument at Kealakekua Bay. Each year a British warship pays a visit for maintenance.