Just When You Thought it Was All Over...

I was nearly denied entry to Canada after landing at Vancouver International last night. Nearly three hours and $200 (CA) later, Immigration finally decided I no longer posed a threat to national security. Funny thing is that I've been to Canada, and to Vancouver International at least half-a-dozen times with zero hastily. Convicted trespassers, it seems, are not welcome company with our neighbors to the North.

Two questions worth asking here:

1. What threat do minor offenses in the U.S. pose to national security in Canada
2. Why did $200 somehow pay down that threat potential? Orwellian injustice? Maybe.

Of course the real rub is that people without the $2oo, or - worse yet - actually looking to make money in Canada, would be turned back immediately.

Unless of course those people were looking to make a whole lot of money. For the super rich, Canadian Immigration has crafted whole programs for worry-free passage across the border. I wonder if Ken Lay would have to shell out $200?