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- From: lawrence@combdyn.com (Lawrence Chen)
- Subject: Re: Canadian driving American-owned car in Canada -- illegal?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.210829.4660@combdyn.com>
- Keywords: stupid Canadian laws
- Organization: Combustion Dynamics Ltd.
- References: <1993Jan24.201227.15499@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu> <1993Jan25.165114.65150@ans.net>
- Distribution: can
- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 21:08:29 GMT
- Lines: 32
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- In article <1993Jan25.165114.65150@ans.net> dennis@news.ans.net (Dennis Ferguson) writes:
- >In article <1993Jan24.201227.15499@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu> wayne@csri.toronto.edu (Wayne Hayes) writes:
- >>I called Avis International to enquire how much a car rental would cost
- >>if I planned to rent from Seattle, Washington and drive to Vancouver,
- >>BC and back. They informed me that Canada has some law stating that
- >>a Canadian citizen cannot drive an American-owned car in Canada. Has
- >>anyone ever heard of this? What is the rational for it? Is there any
- >>way around it?
- >
- >I think the problem isn't citizenship, it's residence. And I'm not sure
- >if there is a federal law against this, though I do know that Ontario has
- >one (and BC might as well).
- >
- This sounds plausible....it would explain why my parent's haven't had any
- problems yet.
-
- A couple of times they've flown into Canada from Saudi Arabia, rented a car
- and drove down into the States to visit my brother. Coming back to Canada
- when to go home of course.
-
- Of course, there might be something about Saudi Arabia and car rental agencies,
- my father mentioned something about going with a specific car rental agency
- due to some relationship to Saudi Arabia.
-
- My parents and my brother (and I) are all Canadian Citizens.....
-
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