Canadians Shopping In The US Held For Five Hours At Border

by Rob Walker | November 6, 2007 at 08:37 am

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Not only that, but the border guard basically told them off. This high loonie value is really throwing things for a loop.

A group of Canadians say they were chastised and forced to wait for hours in a bus at a border crossing between Buffalo, N.Y., and Fort Erie, Ont., because they had spent the weekend shopping in the U.S.

The trouble for the shoppers, part of a group of 20, started when the bus arrived at the Peace Bridge border crossing on Sunday afternoon, said Angela Deason, a teacher from Barrie, Ont., who was on the vehicle.

"We had an amazing time until we tried getting back into our country. We were stuck at the border in excess of five hours and treated very badly," said Deason.

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After waiting five hours, Deason said she left the bus to ask a
Canadian border guard about the delay. Deason said she was shocked by
the response from the guard.

"He expressed very loudly, 'It'll take hours and hours and hours. Thank
you for contributing to the U.S. economy, but I hope you got a good
deal.'"