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Old Nov 12, 2022 | 3:04 am
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Originally Posted by Badenoch
"Why are you coming to Canada" is a reasonable question to Canadians who are non-residents and may be entering to illegally access the public health care system.
I'd disagree with that, as that sort of enforcement doesn't fall within the jurisdiction of immigration or customs. Let's say I did come back to Canada to access the public health care system. Even if I told that to a CBSA officer at the border, there's little they could do with that information beyond tip off the police that I might at some point in the future do something illegal. They wouldn't be able to stop me from entering Canada because I have a right to do so as a Canadian citizen, and they couldn't arrest me because I hadn't brought or done anything illegal.
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