(Canada) Border crossings shut to cut costs

[alp227]

Source: CBC News

Canada's Border Services Agency (CBSA) shut down three checkpoints along the U.S. border as part of cost-cutting measures Friday.

The agency is also slashing the hours of operation of three other crossing points along the Quebec-Vermont border and reducing personnel.

Two of the border crossings closed are also in Quebec, while the third is in Saskatchewan.

The cuts are part of the CBSA's strategic review, which determined that the volume of traffic along the closed and reduced checkpoints do not jusitfy the expense of keeping them open.

Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/story/2011/04/01/montreal-border-crossings-shut.html

[RKP5637]

1. or they would like to better keep Americans out! The stupid might be contagious. n/t

[polly7]

2. I don't think that's the case.

One crossing only sees '12 travellers a day'. My friend's dad worked at one near me and said days would go by with only 5 or 10 cars entering. The next nearest crossing was about half an hour away and was much busier. It's inconvenient for people living in the immediate area, but I can see how the cost of running some of these more remote crossings might be better spent elsewhere. jmo

[RKP5637]

3. Yep, I was just being cynical! What you said makes perfect sense to me!

:)