From: "John Beamish" 

We've had that for quite some time (Swift simply being an example, Echelon
being another).

Until recently, nobody was putting a lot of effort into the low-grade stuff
(pot, etc.).  It's only with Harper's implementation of Bush doctrines that
the stupidity is made manifest.  For years, the Canadian border service
have wanted to be armed.  Previous Canadian governments said no
("we'll look into this"); Harper signed off straight away on the
implementation and training plan.

On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 06:51:55 -0500, Ad
 wrote:

> John Beamish wrote:
>> Yeah, saw that.  This is all part of the Bush government franchise in
>> Ottawa (Stephen Harper's Conservatives).  In any analysis of total
>> unmitigated dumbness, this incident stands as a shining example of
>> over-reaching government stupidity.
>>
>
>
> Nah it's much more than that. It's about the "internationalization of
> person information".
>
> Adam
>
>> On Fri, 23 Feb 2007 11:17:41 -0500, Ad
>>  wrote:
>>
>>> http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/02/23/NEVIUS.TMP
>>>
>>> "There was a time not long ago when a trip across the
border from the
>>> United States to Canada was accomplished with a wink and a wave of a
>>> driver's license. Those days are over.
>>>
>
>

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