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fed-up (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 02:05 AM Original message |
Going to Canada? Check your past-Visitors with minor criminal records turned back |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 02:08 AM Response to Original message |
1. Holy shit! So they get a passport, and then aren't allowed to enter? |
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fed-up (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 02:14 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I wonder if my hitchhiking ticket from when I was 17 and going to Day on the Green |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 03:18 AM Response to Reply #2 |
8. "A conviction for marijuana possession. In 1975." |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 03:53 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. A lot of states decriminalized possession around that time |
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4dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 06:27 AM Response to Reply #12 |
18. Makes no difference now! |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 06:38 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. yes, big bad old Canada ... |
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Amonester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 11:53 AM Response to Reply #18 |
45. You don't honestly think that "the other way around" is "easier" don't you? |
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tuvor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 02:26 AM Response to Original message |
3. Please post this in the Canada forum, too. |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 02:37 AM Response to Original message |
4. now, we know why this is, right? |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 05:57 AM Response to Reply #4 |
14. thank you for clearing that up |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-24-07 03:45 AM Response to Reply #14 |
60. Look at it this way LC |
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Ignacio Upton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 02:50 AM Response to Original message |
5. So...can Canada refuse Bush because of his DUI? |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 08:18 AM Response to Reply #5 |
23. Nah, the law doesn't apply to him |
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noonwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 09:03 AM Response to Reply #5 |
28. It would be hilarious if they did bar him for that reason, though. |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 10:05 AM Response to Reply #28 |
32. You're assuming Bush can speak English? |
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Amonester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 10:54 AM Response to Reply #32 |
41. herr bu$che speaks German... |
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Tempest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 10:30 AM Response to Reply #5 |
38. Yes, but they didn't |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 10:46 AM Response to Reply #38 |
40. and if Bill had been convicted after not inhaling |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 03:13 AM Response to Original message |
6. a DWI???? they won't let you in? good grief! |
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laundry_queen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 11:49 AM Response to Reply #6 |
43. It works both ways you know. |
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MGD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 03:16 AM Response to Original message |
7. Talk about fascism. I never had any real desire to go to Canada anyways. |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 03:25 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. talk about ignorance |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 04:35 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Deleted sub-thread |
cigsandcoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 09:55 AM Response to Reply #11 |
30. Couldn't Canada just say no? |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 10:08 AM Response to Reply #30 |
33. what's wrong with those fool Iraqis, anyhow? |
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susanna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-24-07 02:29 AM Response to Reply #7 |
59. Read laundry_queens post, above (#43). |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 03:20 AM Response to Original message |
9. you should apply for "a Minister's Approval of Rehabilitation" to wipe the record clear. |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 03:21 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. they hav a website here to find out which offences qualify |
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pokercat999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 06:26 AM Response to Reply #10 |
17. Hmmmmm. |
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mainegreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 09:01 AM Response to Reply #10 |
27. Cute. Their wording indicates they reserve the right to keep you out for traffic violations. |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 09:58 AM Response to Reply #27 |
31. "traffic violations" |
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Howardx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 10:21 AM Response to Reply #9 |
36. i did that |
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lligrd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 06:07 AM Response to Original message |
15. Bush's Way Of Sealing The Borders? |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 06:22 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. no, really, it isn't about you |
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lligrd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 06:30 AM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Guess I Have A suspicious Mind Then |
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MaineDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 07:44 AM Response to Original message |
21. This isn't new |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 07:52 AM Response to Original message |
22. Not only will this discourage tourism, but also procuring Canadian drugs |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 08:26 AM Response to Reply #22 |
24. check the embassy link and info above |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 08:32 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Query: Is an expungement equated with a pardon? |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 08:54 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. uh oh |
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ken solo (3 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 09:51 AM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Any first hand experience with this issue?? |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 10:09 AM Response to Reply #29 |
34. Just came back to the U.S. via the Windsor Tunnel two weeks ago... |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 10:16 AM Response to Reply #29 |
35. moi? |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 10:38 AM Response to Reply #29 |
39. Yes, I have or at least think I have. It was in 1998. |
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Oreegone (726 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 06:09 PM Response to Reply #29 |
53. Oh it is real alright |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 06:31 PM Response to Reply #25 |
55. Expunged convictions shouldn't be included, but GIGO rules in data mining.. |
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Tempest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
37. Remember when Canada suspended the law to let Bush in? |
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shrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
42. I grew up in Detroit |
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laundry_queen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 11:53 AM Response to Original message |
44. jeebus people. |
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OrangeCountyDemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 02:06 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. Fine, But I Expect Better From Canada |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 03:10 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. what? |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 03:38 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. Maybe it is tit-for-tat |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 04:19 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. hey, we got doozies too |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 06:19 PM Response to Reply #47 |
54. "'cause they aren't getting our natural gas" |
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Megahurtz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
49. Hasn't This Already Been Going On for Awhile? |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 04:29 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. the Aussie shoulda got a lawyer |
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Megahurtz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 05:33 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. Yeah, I don't think he ever got a Lawyer, |
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MaineDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 07:14 PM Response to Reply #49 |
58. I don't think it's new either |
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appleannie1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 06:35 PM Response to Original message |
56. And when this begins to effect |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 06:37 PM Response to Original message |
57. Not my Experience |
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