[pct-l] What if ---

[CMountainDave@aol.com (CMountainDave@aol.com)]

What if one of the casualties of 9/11 is being able to cross into Canada on 
the PCT? Posts here have concentrated on getting back into the U.S. and the 
fact that the PCT border crossing is unpatrolled. What if government 
officials decide that this crossing is a security risk? After all, there is 
no customs office there and the possibility and ease of smuggling everything 
from drugs to terrorists certainly does exist.  They already do illegal 
entries on the PCT near Mexico. I witnessed this myself. It doesn't take much 
imagination to imagine a scenario making any crossing  into Canada or Mexico 
without going through an official customs office a crime, and it would be 
quite difficult to put a customs office at the Canadian PCT crossing since 
roads and power are 7 miles away. Sure, before 9/11 there was little concern 
about PCT crossings, but now who knows? Sure, no one is likely to smuggle 
anything into Canada, but nefarious people could travel back and forth with 
ease.