GL: Can one avoid Canada?

[John & Judy Gill]

The RCMP is the Royal Canadian Mounted Police -- roughly the  
equivalent to the USA FBI - Federal Bureau of Intelligence.  The RCMP  
is the highest law enforcement force in Canada.  The Provincial  
Police are the equivalent of the USA State Police or County  
Sheriffs,  Canada also has City Police in their larger cities.

John

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On Aug 23, 2007, at 4:16 PM, Henry Quigley wrote:

> RCMP? Whazzat?
>
> ---- Original message ----
>> Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 10:34:44 -0400
>> From: "Michael Eedy" <meedy at sympatico.ca>
>> Subject: Re: GL: Can one avoid Canada?
>> To: "'Grand Loop'" <great-loop at lists.samurai.com>
>>
>> Good morning,
>>
>> It's possible to run across some puffed up popinjay in a position  
>> of minor
>> authority who does their best to ruin your day anywhere.  Wasn't  
>> that long
>> ago, we were having a long discussion about everyone's favourite  
>> Florida
>> water cop.
>>
>> Problem is that too few people take the time to complain to their
>> tormentor's supervisors. Once it starts to go downhill, it's best  
>> to pull
>> out a piece of paper and start recording facts - name, date, time,  
>> etc.
>> Remain polite, but don't get pushed around. Interesting to see the  
>> reaction
>> when you insist they call in the RCMP. Had to do that more than  
>> once when
>> travelling on military business and some Customs fool at the  
>> airport decided
>> he was going to look inside the sealed container I was couriering.
>>
>> CHeers
>>
>> Mike Eedy
>> North Bay ON
>>
>> Subject: Re: GL: Can one avoid Canada?
>>
>> I would be extremely interested to hear from others if this is their
>> experience.  I have a friend who did this very thing two weeks ago
>> and was rewarded with a very intense inspection.  He was berated for
>> filling out the paperwork beforehand (for a shotgun).  If any others
>> have firsthand experience I'd like to hear it, as I may bypass Canada
>> as well.
>>
>> Matt Mattson
>>
>> On Aug 22, 2007, at 5:55 PM, Michael Eedy wrote:
>>
>>> If you show up and hand the Customs guy or gal a sheaf of completed
>>> paperwork, they'll likely thank you for doing all their work.
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