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I would be angry as well, but ultimately this is Canada Post's shortfall and not the fault of US border patrol agents who are just doing their jobs. However th
by flyGuyOnTheSly 7y ago
I would be angry as well, but ultimately this is Canada Post's shortfall and not the fault of US border patrol agents who are just doing their jobs.
However thoroughly they choose to perform their jobs in their country should be of no concern to Canadian Citizens.
The only reason that mail is driven through the USA is due to cost, presumably.
We fly mail up north.
We should probably fly mail to that island as well if it's a matter of national sovereignty.
It's insanity that Canada Post has been allowing packages potentially containing Cannabis to travel through the US border en route to Canadian Citizens with their name and address right on the package.
I foresee a class action between the residents of the island and Canada Post brewing if it is not already in the works.
- gpm 7y agoUltimately Canada should just make a treaty with the US to allow shipping of packages over this route via land without having them subject to US jurisdiction. On the flip side we should give the US rights to ship things to the northwest angle via land and have it not subject to Canadian jurisdiction. Unfortunately this might require too much sanity and trust for it to happen in the modern world. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwest_Angle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwest_Angle
- flyGuyOnTheSly 7y agoYes unfortunately for the past 3 odd years "sitting down to amicably discuss" virtually anything with the United States has been an impossibility for Canada.
- Scoundreller 7y ago> We fly mail up north. Does USPS go around Canadian airspace? Do they avoid trucking through Canada to go to Alaska or Point Roberts WA?
- throwawaycanada 7y agoI agree. Canada needs to start ripping open ever package we can get our hands on in retaliation.
- flyGuyOnTheSly 7y agoSorry... by we I meant we Canadians fly postal mail to other Canadian residents who live way far up in Northern Canada. Mainly because there are hardly any roads connecting communities up as far north as I was talking. As for USPS driving mail through Canada... we probably don't care as much about securing that "threat" and choose not to spend resources on that. Whereas the Americans do, and that's entirely within their right as a sovereign nation. They're allowed to waste resources and piss off and police their neighbors to the north if we allow them to do by placing our packages directly into their hands. We could retaliate and do the same thing, but it's not really in our best interests to do so.
- throwawaycanada 7y agoThe bad part is once they have your name you can't leave the island except for the months when the ferry runs. Ever.