Originally Posted by
taupo
As a Canadian citizen and resident, what clarification is required. I am entering my own country declaring or not, the goods I have or have not brought with me, what other information is required and why?
If I refuse to tell you anymore, besides being sent to secondary what can you do?
If answering further questions for clarification I state that I was tending my opium field in a country that allows such things, or I was shagging the prime minister's wife in another, does it affect the duty I pay (I didn't bring the opium into Canada), does it stop you from allowing me to enter my own country?
I would also love to know the answer CBSAguy, otherwise it appears like the customs guys are just being nosy. Is the obligation of a Canadian citizen really just to show you the goods and we can safely ignore all of your other questions? If so I'll do this the next time I get to a CBSA officer, just because I hate the intrusion of my rights. If, for all of my years of travelling, the CBSA person has been asking inconsequential questions that they really have no right to ask, I'll be pretty angry. I don't like people on power trips, and it seems like the CBSA has been getting away with a lot because of the fear of the ordinary traveller about getting delayed because they didn't say the right thing.