As Paul said, it works both ways. In the mid-to-late '90's I was a co-chair of a NATO research committee. We put together a Workshop (the presentations from which eventually became a book; and thus is world peace achieved). My Canadian colleagues in the group organized and hosted the workshop at Canada's counterpart to West Point in Kingston Ontario. So I went early, hung around New York's Finger Lakes district visiting relatives, then drove my rental car to Kingston via I-81 north, then the Macdonald-Cartier Freeway back southwest. A nice trip expect for the border crossing into Canada. "Why are you here?" the boarder guard queries. "To attend a NATO Workshop at the Royal Military Academy in Kingston" I replies. I fully expected a "Welcome, glad to have you here!" Instead I got a half-hour interrogation, careful scrutiny of my official U.S. Army travel orders, my official invite to the workshop on official Canadian Government stationary, my passport, my I.D card, etc. I don't know if it was because I wasn't wearing a suit, if it was the beard, if it was my coming in from upper NY even though I was based in Kansas . . . Maybe he was having a bad day. But my colleague who flew directly from KC via Toronto had a similar experience in Toronto, and he is cleancut and appears to be much more trustworthy.
stan On Feb 19, 2012, at 8:05 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: > It does work both ways. Both countries are protective of their job base. When > I worked for Young & Rubicam and again when working for BBDO, I sometimes > collaborated with Toronto offices on creative projects. I often had trouble > crossing the border in Windsor. I had to say I was going to the Toronto > office for a meeting and sign documents saying that I wouldn't do any work. > Flying in it was even worse at the Toronto airport, where long > interrogations and detailed body and luggage searches were common. If I had > creative material to bring with for discussion, I had to ship it. > On Feb 18, 2012, at 11:51 PM, steve harley wrote: > >> on 2012-02-18 14:36 P. J. Alling wrote >>> I think this says it in a nutshell, (I'll paraphrase since I didn't bother >>> to >>> copy and past). " you wouldn't want a Canadian stealing an American job >>> from a >>> Mexican..." >> >> i believe it works both ways — i had a memorable experience receiving a >> similar sentiment from Canada; traveling from Maine into Quebec in 1981, i >> hitchhiked up 201, got a ride with a Canadian man and turned his routine >> border crossing into a 90-minute interrogation & search ... i was barefoot >> and had only a student ID; i was told $400 in traveler's checks wasn't >> enough for my planned 21 day crossing to Vancouver, and Canada didn't want >> another homeless youth on its streets ... but i stuck to my story and >> somehow i was eventually let through; i am ever grateful to my ride — he >> stuck around and put up with a few indignities himself, and finally dropped >> me in Quebec City that night >> >> (i boarded a ferry to leave Victoria more or less on schedule; have since >> entered Canada many times without trouble) >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
