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Operators welcome Canadian allowance proposalOperators welcome Canadian allowance proposal
John Rimmer
1-Jul-2005
CANADA. Border operators have welcomed proposals to almost triple the duty-free allowance for returning Canadians and US visitors, recommended in an interim report by the Canadian Senate Committee on National Security and Defence
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In its review of border security, the committee suggested raising the allowance from $750 to $2,000 per trip by 2010, to allow officers to "better direct their attention to border
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