Les Leyne has raised the issue of the decreasing number of Canadians visiting California. It might be more productive to speculate how many of those already there might want to return.

The Facebook page, Canadians in LA has four million followers.

John Appleby

Duncan

Not long ago, I was crossing the Manitoba/Minnesota border. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents started asking me the standard questions (where are you going, where are you from, how long will you be in the U.S.).

Then, if I had ever used cannabis (there is only one answer to that question if you want to enter the U.S., though cannabis has been legal in Minnesota for almost 50 years).

Then they asked what I did, I told them I was a retired university sociology professor. They then claimed they had never heard of anyone like me who hadn’t used cannabis, in other words, they suggested that I was lying.

Lying to CBP agents can result in criminal charges (two years imprisonment and a $5,000 fine) and being banned from ever entering the U.S.

There is no due process for this. If the agents decide you’re lying, you’re lying. In the end........

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