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Subject: Re: US-CBP Closes Border-Straddling Library Entrance to Canadidians
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2025 19:32:41 -0000 (UTC)
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On Mar 27, 2025 at 8:49:35 AM PDT, "Nyssa" <Nyssa@logicalinsight.net> wrote:

> Adam H. Kerman wrote:
> 
>>  Nyssa <Nyssa@logicalinsight.net> wrote:
>>  
>>> Just a follow-up to the story.
>>  
>>> As of yesterday, the library has received over $150,000
>>> in donations to be used to add an entrance on the Canadian
>>> side of the building plus a parking area on the Canadian
>>> side.
>>  
>>> Louise Penny, a Canadian author (of a mystery series I
>>> enjoy) who lives in a nearby region of Quebec, contributed
>>> $50,000 to the fund.
>>  
>>> I hope that the Canadian patrons of the library can
>>> eventually enjoy the facility without any additional
>>> hassles from the customs and immigration folks, but I
>>> guess we'll see what happens.
>>  
>>> Nyssa, who hopes for the best, but these days figures on
>>> the not-so-good happening instead
>>  
>>  What a complete waste of money, and I suppose this cuts
>>  off the economy of the two neighboring towns in half.
> 
> ???
> 
> The money was from voluntary contributions from people
> who care about making the library available to all the
> residents on both sides of the border. 
> 
> No government money from either country is involved in 
> the planned work on the Canadian side.
> 
> All so the library can be used by residents on both
> sides of the line as it has been for over a century.
> 
> BTW Ms. Penny also announced that she has cancelled
> a planned book tour in the US that was to occur later
> this year. She didn't feel that touring the US when
> they were threathening Canada with tariffs, etc. was
> the proper thing to do at this time.

Did someone point out to Ms. Penny that her own country loves the tariff? And
not just small tariffs, either. Here's a small sampling of some of the tariffs
Canadia imposes on the U.S.:

250% for milk
291% for butter
208% for whey
241% for cheese

I guess for folks like Ms. Penny, that's somehow 'different'. "Tariffs for
thee, but not for me!"