Border crossing by train was a new experience for us.
The stone-faced Canadian immigration police boarded the train and we were ordered to turn off all electronics and stay in our seats. They started at the front and worked their way back. Each person or group was grilled by one guard while another watched:
Why are you traveling to Canada?
Who are you meeting while you are here?
Do you have reservations?
What do you do for a living?
How long will you be there?
Where do you live?
Do you live together?
What gifts are you carrying?
What will you be leaving behind?
Do you have any food?
Are you carrying any alcohol or firearms?
Where is your mother?
Then they "randomly" selected several passengers for luggage searches. Racial profiling must not be a big deal here because we noticed most of the passengers selected were not white.
In all the process took well over an hour with six agents for just two train cars about half full - about 50 travelers.
I'd hate to think what it would be like when the train is full!
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