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Old Apr 12, 2007 | 7:54 am
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Originally Posted by GUWonder
Shoes don't always -- or even generally -- come off in Canada. Other than that, Canada's "CATSA" (or whatever it's called) is basically much akin to our own TSA.

So do everything you do for the TSA minus the shoe carnival and you should be ok in O'Canada land.
So I should wear my Kip Hawley Is an Idiot t-shirt (yes I have one ) and my commented freedom baggie?

For your return, immigration/customs procedures are a bit different; for the major Canadian airports with flights to the US, you'll have to do US immigration/customs clearance in Canada when flying from there to the US. And so after check-in you have to take yourself and all of your luggage past immigration and customs and then hand your bags over for check in.
Ok, so I won't have to go thru customs and stuff when I get to IAD because I'll already have processed at YUL?
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