JohnM wrote:
A report in Australia's "Cruising Helmsman" for Dec.
" An Australian couple will not be able to visit Australia in their own boat
during a circumnavigation without officially importing the boat - even
though the boat will not be staying in Australia.
Bob Edwards and wife Margaret bought their Nordhavn 46 in France and plan to
base or sell it in Europe after their circumnavigation but Australia will
not issue cruising permits to citizens - only visitors - so the only way
they can stop off home on their way around is to pay import duty and 10% GST
on the purchase price of the boat - tens of thousands of dollars....."
Governments just don't seem to be able to get it right - do they?

A similar example would be the scenario where Canadian residents cannot
bring US rented cars into Canada, on the grounds that Canadians taxes
and duties have not been paid on those cars. A Canadian resident from
Halifax, Nova Scotia might be visiting Seattle, Washington, 5000 km
away in the western US. If he decided to rent a car in the US and make
a two hour drive to Vancouver, Briitsh Columbia, he would be stopped at
the border by Canada Customs and told that he couldn't bring that car
in with him.

wrote:

A similar example would be the scenario where Canadian residents
cannot bring US rented cars into Canada, .....

I thought it was only the U.S. that did things this stupid.

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Roger Long

"Roger Long" wrote in news:45940bf0$0$27061
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wrote:

A similar example would be the scenario where Canadian residents
cannot bring US rented cars into Canada, .....

I thought it was only the U.S. that did things this stupid.


This will change, soon, because Canada-US-Mexico will soon become one big
country under an agreement the three presidents recently signed to make
it happen. I forget what the title of it was but it was done pretty
quietly to hold down the nationalists rioting.

Quebec, of course, will immediately declare itself a separate
planet....if we pay them, that is.

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"Larry" wrote in message
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This will change, soon, because Canada-US-Mexico will soon become one big
country under an agreement the three presidents recently signed to make
it happen. I forget what the title of it was but it was done pretty
quietly to hold down the nationalists rioting.

Quebec, of course, will immediately declare itself a separate
planet....if we pay them, that is.

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Say what?
We don't have a president.so I guess that leaves us out.
Secondly, they'd have to pry our independent country from my cold dead
fingers.

"Don White" wrote in news:mWXkh.38183$cz.561997
@ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca:

Say what?
We don't have a president.so I guess that leaves us out.
Secondly, they'd have to pry our independent country from my cold dead
fingers.



Sorry about the PM like that....oops.

I was sorta hoping to spend summers at Possum Lodge, myself...(c;

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free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their
foreheads:
17 and that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the
name of the beast, or the number of his name...

"Larry" wrote in message
...
"Don White" wrote in news:mWXkh.38183$cz.561997
@ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca:

Say what?
We don't have a president.so I guess that leaves us out.
Secondly, they'd have to pry our independent country from my cold dead
fingers.



Sorry about the PM like that....oops.

I was sorta hoping to spend summers at Possum Lodge, myself...(c;

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Well..don't let that stop you!
You'd fit right in with that Red/Green character and his buddies.

"Don White" wrote in news:BN0lh.38293$cz.563557
@ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca:

Well..don't let that stop you!
You'd fit right in with that Red/Green character and his buddies.



A little piece of the Smith fortune would be nice...(c;

I've collected most all the shows, from the earliest primitive attempts
to the polished, great comedy show it has become.....

The CBC biography of him on his houseboat and his life is also a great
watch. He sure got some good breaks at the right time....

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free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their
foreheads:
17 and that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the
name of the beast, or the number of his name...

On 28 Dec 2006 08:55:18 -0800, wrote:



A similar example would be the scenario where Canadian residents cannot
bring US rented cars into Canada, on the grounds that Canadians taxes
and duties have not been paid on those cars. A Canadian resident from
Halifax, Nova Scotia might be visiting Seattle, Washington, 5000 km
away in the western US. If he decided to rent a car in the US and make
a two hour drive to Vancouver, Briitsh Columbia, he would be stopped at
the border by Canada Customs and told that he couldn't bring that car
in with him.


As a Canadian, I may not charter a sailboat in Anacortes (Washington)
and bring it into the Gulf Islands (British Columbia). If I owned a
US registered boat, I may not bring it into Canada.

Jack

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