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I travel across the US Canada land border from time to time (in the mountain west). My experience has been that Canadian officials are universally civil and respectful while US officials are universally not.

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As a frequent traveler between the US and Canada, I’ve only ever got grief (including accusations of smuggling) from Canadian officials. Going to the Us side it’s usually a simple “have a nice day”.

And I have Canadian citizenship.

Same here. https://borderprivacy.ca/

Signed and donated. It happens to me every, single, fucking, time, losing 1 hour every trip back home.

In my experience on both sides, pleasantness is directly correlated to the number of cars in line.

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