[OT: DUI] Canadian immigration police

[pwl at mindspring.com (Ron Bunch)]

All sorts of criminals cross between the US and Canada daily because all they need is a driver's license.
The 9-11 hijackers/whackos/killers had an average of 3 USA dreiver's licences each, allowing them to cross USA/Canada/Mexico as USA citzens and travel onward to other nations from Canada/Mexico on their passports.

That's nice about your friend's Mom retiring to Canada. Good for her! 
Is your "friend's mom's son" following her to school in Canada because nobody ever cut the umbilical cord? 
Perhaps my analogy seems far fetched to some "generation whatevers", but if he is old enough to drive, it is time they each found there own lives. Therefore, if "he" wants to be an immigrant, he's old enough to do it on his own and based on his own track record. If his misbehavior has made him a criminal, then he is old enough to face the consequences of his misbehavior. 

I'm happy to hear that Canada has cracked down on accepting USA based felons. Good for Canada. 
Time for the USA to reciprocate.

Finally, your attitude toward DUI suggests you haven't attended to very many people in mangled wrecks.

"Liberalism is a mental disorder." (Michael Savage)

-----Original Message-----
From: Spewey <spewey@comcast.net>
Sent: May 25, 2005 11:07 PM
To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
Subject: [OT: DUI] Canadian immigration police

I got such great help from the canucks last time....

*[disclaimer]* /actual legal advice is not to be given or taken under 
any circumstances. This is all anecdotal and make-believe./

Say my friend's mom is retiring to Canada and he was set to attend
school there starting in August BUT...

Last month he decided to rather unwisely drive 98 mph on his
way home from the bar. He blew just over and got a DUI and a
Careless. Looking through Canadian gov't websites he determined that
DUI makes one INADMISSIBLE. Oh, shit. He got a lawyer and the
charges were dropped to Careless only which still carries a 90 day
suspension but no DUI on the record.

Now we can't figure out just how this affects him. Some websites show
revocation as a naughty crime by itself. The state will be slow to
correct their records and much theoretical agony is being had.

Visa-wise, he was planning to apply there. The paperwork for
criminals into Canadia is incredibly complex. Traffic violations are
classed as minor so technically he is legal. Should he worry? Why are
y'all so strict or is it all legal mumbo-jumbo that no one bothers with?
Border-wise, US DUI offenders probably enter Canada thousands of times a
day, right?  He's never ever done anything else wrong :(


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