tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16979831.post7434732934794872431..comments2023-09-15T08:25:52.357-05:00Comments on Designated Import: Canada CustomsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11380041867258824155noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16979831.post-49220967812627286662006-11-24T22:56:00.000-06:002006-11-24T22:56:00.000-06:00The goods in question were comic books, believe it...<b><i>The goods in question were comic books, believe it or not. It was a notorious (at the time) Charter case involving freedom of speech.</i></b><br /><br />What comic books were they?<br /><br /><b><i>And this wasn't the first time Canada Customs (CCRA) had "accidentally" destroyed something it had been ordered to release; I believe the Glad Day bookstore in downtown Toronto had several shipments of books destroyed after being confiscated.</i></b><br /><br />It was the Glad Day stuff that I was thinking about.<br /><br /><b><i>You were aware, weren't you, that the "RA" in CCRA is "Revenue Agency"?</i></b><br /><br />Yeah, they changed that just before I left.<br /><br />Here in the U.S., the immigration service has been called United States Citizenship and Immigration Services for the better part of three years. In spite of that, when I asked at the federal building in Jackson for the USCIS office, I got a blank stare until one of the security guards asked, "You are looking for immigration?" I don't know why they felt they had to change the name since "INS" is such a part of U.S. culture.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11380041867258824155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16979831.post-462558791319910982006-11-15T06:56:00.000-06:002006-11-15T06:56:00.000-06:00The goods in question were comic books, believe it...The goods in question were comic books, believe it or not. It was a notorious (at the time) Charter case involving freedom of speech. And this wasn't the first time Canada Customs (CCRA) had "accidentally" destroyed something it had been ordered to release; I believe the Glad Day bookstore in downtown Toronto had several shipments of books destroyed after being confiscated.<br /><br />You <i>were</i> aware, weren't you, that the "RA" in CCRA is "Revenue Agency"? That's right: In Canada, customs and internal revenue are run by the same happy, helpful people.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com