Originally Posted by andyh64000

We live in Washington State and frequently travel to Canada (I would guess we have crossed 75 times by car). Every time we have been asked a question or two and then sent on our way...Until Yesterday.

Driving up to see the Canucks/Flames game 5 the CBSA agent gave us the third degree while filling out a little orange form (in addition to the normal where what why questions...have you ever changed your name, have you ever been charged with a crime, have you ever been to court, have you ever been fingerprinted, why are you driving a rental car, what cars do you own, do you have any friends in Vancouver, do you have any firearms (three different times), are you licensed to carry a firearm, have you ever had a background check, do you have tickets for the game, how far away do you live, etc. etc. etc.). Eventually he sent us over for a secondary inspection/background check.

It seems like something triggered it but maybe not. Could it have been the rental car? My wife also forgot her passport (we discovered early in the trip and went back and got it) but we asked right off the bat if her global entry card would have worked to which he sort of angrily said no...and then it all started.

It could have been random but if so I would think something like this would have happened by now. Maybe he was from Calgary.