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There was a time when US border patrol at the canada-US border was most concerned if you were bringing in any citrus fruits, regardless of where you’re going.

There was a time when US border patrol at the canada-US border was most concerned if you were bringing in any citrus fruits, regardless of where you’re going. I’m happy to share that I have never done such a thing to keep the New York, Pennsylvania or Ohio citrus industry safe. (While ignoring that Toronto was exporting hundreds of trucks a day of garbage to Michigan dumps) Then there is the current ban on most Personal fresh egg/chicken imports from US into Canada due to avian flu outbreak, just to make sure I don’t feed them uncooked to a bird in Canada (as opposed to… eating them), ignoring the fact that birds fly and pose 1000x bigger threat where I live, <100km from the border. https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/services/fpa-apa/bringing-apporter-fpa-eng.html https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/services/fpa-apa/bringing-apport...

ziddoap 4y ago
>ignoring the fact that birds fly and pose 1000x bigger threat. Are you suggesting the border control become bird hunters? That'd be pretty fun. Border control enforcing whatever the current bans on birds are does not impact the effort (or lack thereof) on other controls, such as flying birds. Different people, different jobs.
- toolz 4y ago
  It has more to do with the fact that the current ban has negligible impact on solving the core problem. Useless laws are detrimental if you want a society that respects and trusts the law.
  - Scoundreller 4y ago
    It’s what happens when there’s a problem and every department gets a memo asking how it can contribute. Instead of sending resources toward what can actually solve the problem (e.g. taking money from your department to testing agricultural flocks), just create some senseless barriers that won’t help anyone at all and distract yourself from whatever your dept’s focus should be. Win-win?

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There was a time when US border patrol at the canada-US border was most concerned if you were bringing in any citrus fruits, regardless of where you’re going.

by Scoundreller 4y ago

ziddoap 4y ago
>ignoring the fact that birds fly and pose 1000x bigger threat. Are you suggesting the border control become bird hunters? That'd be pretty fun. Border control enforcing whatever the current bans on birds are does not impact the effort (or lack thereof) on other controls, such as flying birds. Different people, different jobs.
- toolz 4y ago
  It has more to do with the fact that the current ban has negligible impact on solving the core problem. Useless laws are detrimental if you want a society that respects and trusts the law.
  - Scoundreller 4y ago
    It’s what happens when there’s a problem and every department gets a memo asking how it can contribute. Instead of sending resources toward what can actually solve the problem (e.g. taking money from your department to testing agricultural flocks), just create some senseless barriers that won’t help anyone at all and distract yourself from whatever your dept’s focus should be. Win-win?