The wait was five hours for trucks and 90 minutes for passenger cars at the Bluewater Bridge, which links Sarnia, Ontario, and Port Huron, Michigan, according to Canada Customs spokesman Danny Yen.

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In early December America signed an agreement with Canada allowing customs officials to inspect factory shipments on site, rather than clog up the borders.

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Sonnier also said the decision highlights the need to make trademark counterfeiting a crime in Canada and to grant Customs officers in Canada ex-officio authority to seize counterfeit goods at the border.

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He worked with his country's customs and immigration department before joining Canada's foreign service, it said.

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McGillvary was arraigned Friday and being held without bail on charges in Galfy's killing, though a court official said he has a U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement detainer for three arrests in Canada in recent years.

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These allow trusted travelers to enter the United States and Canada with expedited clearance through immigration, security, and customs.

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Leingruber, who works for the Mozilla Foundation, says the idea for the ID project came to him when he was crossing the border from Canada to the U.S., and a customs official jokingly asked him for his Facebook name instead of his passport.

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Heartland's sister company in Canada buys sugar at international prices, and conjures up a molasses stew specifically designed to avoid America's customs tariffs.

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