I wonder what portion of cross-border travelers make transport decisions based on immigration concerns? I sincerely doubt Jay Inslee's feasibility study will l

I wonder what portion of cross-border travelers make transport decisions based on immigration concerns? I sincerely doubt Jay Inslee's feasibility study will look realistically at the role immigration plays in cross-border travel decisions. I was denied entry into Canada in the past few months, while holding an airline ticket from Chicago to Victoria. My Electronic Travel Authorization (eTA) was not approved by Canadian authorities. This left me with no other option other than to change my air travel to fly to Seattle, rent a car, drive across the border to Vancouver (during a blizzard) and catch the ferry to Victoria (all at great extra cost, but otherwise without incident). I was told by several airline staff on different airlines and by border officials themselves that this was all too common. The Canadian eTA web process is broken (I am still unable to upload simple PDF files to my application), and I can only assume such a Bullet Train would require eTA approval.