Re:US Customs block Canadian man after reading his Scruff pr...
by kahnpro on Wednesday February 22, 2017 @07:30AM
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If you're a foreigner, Canada will just detain you and deport you.
But a Canadian citizen they will arrest and charge with obstruction of their job.
Re:US Customs block Canadian man after reading his Scruff pr...
by derrickdirge on Wednesday February 22, 2017 @08:15AM
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Is job obstruction illegal in Canada?
Re:US Customs block Canadian man after reading his Scruff pr...
by kahnpro on Thursday March 02, 2017 @10:43AM
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It's specifically illegal to obstruct the work of customs officers, and it's what they were charging someone with who refused to give up his phone password. That guy ended up pleading out the day before his trial.
Re:US Customs block Canadian man after reading his Scruff pr...
by ue_ on Wednesday February 22, 2017 @11:27AM
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>mundane a crime as non-cooperation, and without ill-affect on any Canadian citizens?
They already have laws that criminalise even possession of certain pornographics drawings or stories. Make no mistakes, Canada is not a free country and has no problem with imprisonment for victimless crime.
Re:US Customs block Canadian man after reading his Scruff pr...
by Buge on Wednesday February 22, 2017 @10:42PM
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1 year was the maximum he could have been sentenced to. You're right, that the judge would probably picked a lesser sentence. In this case, he took a guilty plea deal for a $500 fine. In this case he wasn't a foreign national, but a Canadian citizen. I'm not sure if Canada will charge people who aren't citizens.
http://www.canada-usblog.com/2016/08/16/the-waiting-game-we-...
That can't be true; at least, there must be a hell of a lot more to it.
Why would Canada want to pay provide prison space for a foreign national who's committed such mundane a crime as non-cooperation, and without ill-affect on any Canadian citizens?