canada border services agency

A wanted man—again

Can you help the Canada Border Services Agency find Mohamed Ratni for the second time?

The ‘tampon tax’ is gone, but the ‘tampon tariff’ lives on

Canada still charges a ‘tampon tax’ through its antiquated tariff regime, and it’s a perfect example of the red tape that’s burying importers

A free man—on paper

Already under fire after an inmate’s suicide, did the Canada Border Services Agency rush to release a critically ill inmate so he wouldn’t die in custody?

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As inquest begins, another death in immigration custody

Georgia man died on the weekend while in custody of the Canada Border Services Agency

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How Ottawa’s ‘Wanted’ list jeopardized deportation hopes

A high-profile arrest put one man in the spotlight, and now he risks torture back home—which means Canada can’t remove him

The rise and fall(?) of the Harper government’s iPod tax

A uniquely ridiculous matter of public policy

Letters from Justin

Of iPod taxes and private copying tariffs

UPDATED: Guns at the border: on seizures and spending

I was surprised on Saturday to hear Justice Minister Rob Nicholson, in an interview on CBC Radio’s The House, mention that the Canada Border Services Agency has seized nearly 30,000 prohibited weapons since 2006.

The truth about Ottawa’s missing war criminals

Uncovering the story behind the mug shots

Canada’s deportation of Cindor Reeves: the government’s response

All it took was a bit of cutting and pasting from press releases

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Crossing the line at the border

A judge says two agents resorted to ‘intentional infliction of force’

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Crossing the line

Should border guards really have the right to search our laptops?