Originally Posted by Joe Airman
I don't think that any communicable disease (including the 2 mentioned above) can exist in a prepared meat product (dried, smoked, cooked, and possibly even raw). Avian influenza is spread via respiratory or fecal emissions from infected living animals. I can't see how someone bringing in a personal amount of a boxed or packaged meat product would be a threat or would contain a realistically communicable (and viable) pathogen.
It's not necessarily communicable diseases they are after. Other things can exist in prepared meat products (cooked or uncooked). At the end of the day, The government is interested in protecting Canada's agricultural and food supply chain system.
http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/toce.shtml
In fact, I was impressed with NZ and Aussieland's "biosecurity" protection and the measures they take to protect their country from the entry of pests etc. that could destroy/disrupt their agricultural, food chain, forest, wildlife systems, etc.
Originally Posted by Joe Airman
Besides simply asking if someone is leaving the country with more than $10K worth of financial instruments, are there other questions that you are legally entitled to ask? Such as the reason for your departure from Canada, your destination, your expected return date, etc?
Should be. What they ask you on the return could be asked on the outbound.
Originally Posted by Joe Airman
Assuming that a Canadian Citizen is not in violation of the $10K rule, does CBS have the legal grounds to prevent the person from departing?
CBSA can prevent someone from leaving the country for a multitude of reasons. They are not limited to the 10k rule.
Originally Posted by Joe Airman
I could be wrong, but I don't recall being asked about the $10k thing when entering or departing any European country. Do they not have a similar rule?
They have similar rules. It's just that they are not as transparent about it as some other countries that ask you to make the declaration on a piece of paper.