The act of "trying to push him into US waters" sounds like typical cop behavior. Pulled you over and can't find anything wrong enough to arrest you, so they push you around verbally or physically until you give them something to work with. Let me guess, they capsized the boat in their efforts, pulled him out of the water, and then said because he was on their boat now he's on American soil and therefore under arrest.
That's not at all what happened.
Oh, yeah. You're right. They were concerned more with securing his boat first than pulling him out of the water, and then once aboard their boat didn't even tell him why he was being detained. That's much better.
I never said it was better. I just rta.
which is roughly 15 kilometres north of the U.S. border
Coast Guard followed and tried to push him into the U.S
Wow, that's a loooooong push.
If they did kidnap a Canadian citizen the government should definitely put enough force on the border to prevent Coast Guard from crossing into Canada ever again.
There are around 55 kidnapped Canadians in US custody at any given time:
Global Affairs Canada said it's aware of roughly 55 Canadians in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody, though it said that the numbers can fluctuate.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canadians-ice-detention-1.7577584
I had to look it up. I think it’s a typo. Looks like it’s about 5km north of the border. It’s a suburb of Montreal. Most of the lake is in the US, but the tip is in Canada.
As if I don't have enough reasons to be embarrassed about my country.
You should be angry, not embarrassed.
C'mon homie. It's obviously both.
An act of war if you ask me.
Round up all the Americans and toss em on Baffin island.
Are you trying to make another australia!?!
Why do you think the appropriate response to an act of war by a neighboring country is to punish the Innocent?
Innocent?
Americans?
They're all members of MS13 or MI6 or IBM.
Terrorists invading our nation.
If they are innocent they can self deport.
Ahhh got it
I'm going to assume you're a troll. Trump would love the excuse.
Baffin island would be our arctic Alcatraz.
(Is a troll anyone that makes sarcastic / satirical comments?)
Seriously, though...
It happens now or it happens later.
Doesn't matter what "excuse* he has.
Sounds like Canada needs to put some destroyers in the great lakes.
I know it's not, but this somehow reminds me of the movie Canadian Bacon.
Idiocracy wasn't supposed to be a documentary. Canadian Bacon wasn't either. Micheal Moore saw that and said hold my Moosehead beer.
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