Canadian convention focuses on security and bureaucracy concerns

John Rimmer

1-Nov-2004

CANADA. Government bureaucracy and security concerns dominated the agenda at a Canadian border operators meeting on the opening day of the annual Frontier Duty Free Association convention in Quebec on November 7

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The meeting featured presentations from Canada Border Services Agency vice-president Pierre Richard and duty-free shop programme director Doug Waldie.

In his address, Richard explained the newly formed organisation's goals, insisting

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