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I am not happy with Canada

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Oh come on...immigration officers are like this everywhere. It's the nature of the beast. When you aren't a citizen that's the point where you get to see a very different side of the country. And immigration officers like all professionals start to see the public as the enemy.

That experience doesn't sound particularly bad to me. You are just taken aback because you don't cross borders very much, I'm guessing, and probably are white and English-speaking.

I've had very much the same on entering the US, and many, many people have had much worse. Watch out if someone with the same name as you is on the no-fly list.

At least nobody tried to shake you down for a bribe, as you get in many poorer countries.
 
So my wife filled out a complaint form with Canadian immigration and believe it or not they called her to discuss it. The call turned out to be a lecture as to why the did what they did. My wife said that she tuned out of the call when the lady said that we are not Canadian citizens and they have every right to hold us so we could be questioned. That is it, we are done. We will now enjoy our vacations and trips down here in the state. No reason to go back.
 
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GagHalfrunt said:
Nobody's really happy with Canada. We just put up with them because we feel sorry for them, like a sad puppy left out in the rain.
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I'm sorry but that literally made me laugh out loud.

I am right now taking my son on his birthday trip this weekend. He wanted to go to New York city. I feel more welcomed here than I did in Canada, who would have thought that?
 
Stopsignhank said:
I'm sorry but that literally made me laugh out loud.

I am right now taking my son on his birthday trip this weekend. He wanted to go to New York city. I feel more welcomed here than I did in Canada, who would have thought that?
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Well, it is Canada. You shouldn't have tried to smuggle out all of that cheap ambien in your rectum.


They hate that.



....believe me.






You don't even KNOW, bro!

🙁
 
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Many errors on this:

Literary should be Literacy
Tonnies should be Twonies/Toonies
Basketball was at least partially invented by a Canadian, but at Harvard(IIRC) University
 
I did not have a good experience at the Calgary airport either. I think it's because they're in the middle of nowhere with nothing better to do. I'd rate it worse than the 13 border crossings I just made in eastern Europe (mostly outside the EU) on a month-long trip.

The land crossings in Washington are way easier though.
 
sandorski said:
Many errors on this:

Literary should be Literacy
Tonnies should be Twonies/Toonies
Basketball was at least partially invented by a Canadian, but at Harvard(IIRC) University
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D:

Kansas, I think. Or at least that was the first organized program that Naismith started.

..hmmm, looks like he designed the game while teaching at a YMCA in Springfield, MA, and adopted it as a sport 7 years later, as an instructor at KU.
 
Thebobo said:
Friends and I were driving to Alaska up the alcan and we picked an obscure crossover in Montana because we had some contraband. We had wrapped it in aluminum foil plastic and lots of pepper and pushed it deep in part of the rusted frame, old 67 dodge van. We were all scruffy teenager long hairs and the border guys had a lot of fun with us until they found our playboys and spent most of the time going through them. We made it through and the long strange trip continued.

Here we are the famous sign stop - think they tore it down

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It's still there, and huge now, went by it last summer (Watson Lake i believe), i'll see if i can find a picture when i get home.

Actually take a look at street view...

https://www.google.com/maps/@60.062...4!1s_kVwnBV__AnhQFxuJoJYlA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
 
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Red Squirrel said:
Only did once and have no intention to again based on all the stories I hear/see. Though I kinda want to go to Cuba or something one of these days since I've never been to a hot spot or seen the ocean. Overall not really a huge fan of travel though. When I did go to the states it was through a bus tour service though so the border was not so bad. Oddly enough going through the US was easy, but coming back into Canada they treated us like criminals. We had to get off the bus and they had sniffer dogs and everything and charged everyone for anything they bought in the states. We got warned about that so I avoided buying anything and made sure any drinks/food I bought were finished and that I disposed of any evidence in a garbage somewhere at a stop. There seems to be a big taboo about bringing food or product to a different country - even back to your own.
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You really need to get out of your small town more often 🙂 , the world isn't as bad/scary as you make it believe. Personally i can't stand airports either and i'm uncomfortable in crowded places but it's well worth it just to get to see different parts of the world.

Just have a beer at the bar while you wait for the plane, arrive early to beat the lines in security, Canadian customs are a breeze.
 
KMFJD said:
It's still there, and huge now, went by it last summer (Watson Lake i believe), i'll see if i can find a picture when i get home.

Actually take a look at street view...

https://www.google.com/maps/@60.062...4!1s_kVwnBV__AnhQFxuJoJYlA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656[/QUOTE

Holy crap that's huge, it was maybe a basketball courts length back when we went through. Hmm wonder if ours is still up there, we carved it on site. Probably a picture database of all the signs somewhere.
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sdifox said:
Op is on FBI's terror watch so he gets interrogated everywhere.
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Around 2011 i was pulled out of the line for extra screening (including that new full body scan) for 7 out of my 10 or so flights that year, haven't had any special treatment since then.
 
KMFJD said:
Around 2011 i was pulled out of the line for extra screening (including that new full body scan) for 7 out of my 10 or so flights that year, haven't had any special treatment since then.
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That's because they assigned a full time surveillance team to watch you :awe:
 
I travel to Canada frequently because my better half lives there. I drive there every time. The first time I had to get pulled for a secondary screening. They completely searched my truck and all of my belongings. Then they confiscated my phone and tablet and went thru everything on those devices. Then they ran my ID thru the “system”. It took like an hour for the whole process and I was so scared they would find something that would prevent me from entering. Finally they let me go.

That was the first time. Every time after that, I hand the border officer my passport and 10 seconds later they ask “where are you going” and “how long are you staying”. Boom. Passes thru border in 30 seconds.
 
Mixolydian said:
I travel to Canada frequently because my better half lives there. I drive there every time. The first time I had to get pulled for a secondary screening. They completely searched my truck and all of my belongings. Then they confiscated my phone and tablet and went thru everything on those devices. Then they ran my ID thru the “system”. It took like an hour for the whole process and I was so scared they would find something that would prevent me from entering. Finally they let me go.

That was the first time. Every time after that, I hand the border officer my passport and 10 seconds later they ask “where are you going” and “how long are you staying”. Boom. Passes thru border in 30 seconds.
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I think it's BS that they go through all your stuff like that, especially electronic devices. Guess that's why you should avoid bringing that stuff if going across the border or get burner devices that have nothing on it except for a VPN client, though they might force you to VPN to your home network so they can search it so best to not even have that.

This alone makes me not want to go through any border. Plenty to see in Canada if I want to travel. BC and Newfoundland is on my bucket list. Just have to watch that the flight does not go over US soil as I think you have to go through customs BS for that, though I could be wrong.
 
Red Squirrel said:
I think it's BS that they go through all your stuff like that, especially electronic devices. Guess that's why you should avoid bringing that stuff if going across the border or get burner devices that have nothing on it except for a VPN client, though they might force you to VPN to your home network so they can search it so best to not even have that.

This alone makes me not want to go through any border. Plenty to see in Canada if I want to travel. BC and Newfoundland is on my bucket list. Just have to watch that the flight does not go over US soil as I think you have to go through customs BS for that, though I could be wrong.
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Yea, I'd never travel with my real devices. A crappy phone, and a computer with no hard drive. I'd like to go to Finland sometime, but I don't need to leave the country. Any place I'd want to go would have a disappointing time limit. I can explore the US with finer detail, and easily go back to finish.
 
sandorski said:
Many errors on this:

Literary should be Literacy
Tonnies should be Twonies/Toonies
Basketball was at least partially invented by a Canadian, but at Harvard(IIRC) University
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I'm floored by the "Avril Lavign" thing. More well-known than Celine Dion or Alanis Morissette?!

Shouldn't "Lavign" have an "e" on the end?
 
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