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Old Apr 14, 2008 | 11:36 pm
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Sanosuke
 
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Originally Posted by cur
you're missing the point. there are no grounds for inspection at a port. they can send every single person in or just the ones wearing any purple for inspection. there is no reason to find cause or grounds. this stems into why i don't answer majority of the questions asked; they can inspect my goods but they certainly cannot ask me where i have been, what i do for a living, a business card, etc. a cop can't just ask me all those questions, either. and no one has rebutted that, except with anecdotes about how canadians freely support their information being submitted for CSIS inspection, or how i'm subject to the importation of seeds act
Actually, Customs here in Canada *HAS* asked me for a business card and what I did for a living when I returned to YVR from a trip to LAS last year. And my home town is YYC They asked me _this_ in secondary. They also asked to search my camera and laptop. Go figure. It certainly proves that we are not immune to these types of searches at all. That is the reason for secondary!

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