Re: US-CBP Closes Border-Straddling Library Entrance to Canadidians

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!"