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Canadian senator Kenny confirms push for changeCanadian senator Kenny confirms push for change
John Rimmer
1-Aug-2005
CANADA. Ontario senator Colin Kenny, the chairman of the Senate Committee on National Security and Defence, has expressed his determination to push for an increase in duty exemptions for shoppers at the US/Canada border
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Kenny was one of the architects of a recent security report in which it was suggested that border officials spend too long collecting unpaid duties from travellers rather than focusing
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