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Old Apr 10, 2008 | 8:51 am
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Originally Posted by CBSAguy
I hear ya. At the same time, though, without being there at the time myself, I think I know where the officer was going with that question.
Thanks for the reply, CBSAguy but this response from you possibly highlights the problem. I fully support CBSA in detecting the actual evildoers but shouldn't Canadian citizens have a right to move freely across the border many times to many countries and not have an imaginative CBSA person ask intrusive questions? Where exactly was the CBSA person going with no other clue other than my wife goes on more than one vacation a year? The question " Who did you go with to Mexico?" is none of CBSAs business without any more direct cause for suspicion - perhaps CBSAs need more training in what ordinary people do in their lives. The general consensus among travellers I speak to is that your questions have become more and more intrusive and frankly rude over the years. You need to find a better way of finding the evildoers rather than make everyone who goes through customs feel like a criminal - that is what Right to Privacy is all about.
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