Quote Originally Posted by Zardoz View Post
So Canuck, based on what you say, there is a "different standard" for Canadians entering the US, vs. US citizens returning?

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From what I hear, yes I think it's the case that the US is more prone to challenge Canadian visitors than Canada is US ones at drive-across border crossings. I'm not claiming more virtue here; we didn't have a 9-11. But I am saying the US Customs attitude as seen in the past 10 years is excessive in most cases I'm aware of.

I've never entered Canada as a US citizen, obviously, nor returned there as one. Canadians are generally super-hassled by our guys when we return home, for sure: Canada Customs is mostly worried about collecting taxes and duties. They do have the more recently added concerns of gun possession and, to a far lesser extent in their official little minds, people fleeing US justice. The first is a crime in Canada, so they sell for up to 10 times their US value, and the second is attractive to those who for instance would otherwise face the death penalty- we won't extradite unless that's taken off the table.