Action4Canada - August 16, 2022


Success Story： Action4Canada Cross-border Travel NOL - Marian


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Length

8 minutes

Words per minute

125.462135

Word count

1,052

Sentence count

131

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Hate speech

1

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In this episode, I speak to a truck driver who has been on the road for a few days now. He is on his way back from picking up some water from a refuelling stop in Mexico when he is stopped by a border patrol officer. The officer asks him a bunch of questions about his truck and what he is carrying on board.

Transcript

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00:00:00.000 Hi, how are you? I'm good, you? Good. It's good, where do you live? In Chilua. And how long were you away?
00:00:23.000 Oh, just a day. I delivered yesterday some Nestle water in five feet.
00:00:29.000 You crossed before or after 6 pm yesterday? Yesterday after 6 pm. Shopping for you?
00:00:35.000 What's that? Any shopping? I just got that CB radio, it's for the truck. This one is getting older.
00:00:41.000 Anything for alcohol or tobacco products? Any cannabis?
00:00:45.000 Pardon me? No cannabis products? Oh, no, no, no. What is the load today?
00:00:49.000 Nothing, it's empty. What was the load going down? Water, Nestle water, bottle water.
00:00:56.000 Regular rum for you there? No, no, it was something just because it's not too much, not too many loads going down south just to fill up the time, you know.
00:01:06.000 And then is there anyone traveling with you today? No, not yesterday, not today.
00:01:11.000 Are you the owner of the truck and the trailer? Yes. Well, you know how it goes, the banks still own it. Yeah, sure, sure. Yeah.
00:01:20.000 Do you have your arrived cannabis receipt number? No, you see, I'm recording just in case, I don't submit nor consent to illegal applications and all that stuff.
00:01:32.000 Oh, so you did not do the ArriveCAN? No, I don't have to. It's illegal. So then, the last time crossing, what happened last time you crossed?
00:01:41.000 Oh, it was like, I don't know, three, four days ago coming back from Texas. You crossed this one? Yes, right here.
00:01:47.000 Okay. Do you recall what happened with the ArriveCAN procedures then? No, nothing happened. I said the same thing. I don't submit nor consent to the illegal questions or applications.
00:01:59.000 So then, what happened after you said that? What would occur? Just the stamp and I was let go.
00:02:06.000 Okay. And anything for any alcohol, tobacco, you said no? No, no. Do you have any cash, $10,000 or no?
00:02:14.000 Oh, I wish I have that in my bank. Okay, that's a no though? Yeah. All right. And anything for any mace, pepper, spray, knives, tasers, firearms or ammunition? No.
00:02:24.000 No duty, free items purchased or required? No.
00:02:27.000 I had just 401 meal, took it yesterday from home, finished it today. Fridge is empty. Some blueberries, but that's from yesterday.
00:02:40.000 Okay. And those are from Canada? The blueberries actually were from Walmart in, I think, in Texas somewhere.
00:02:46.000 Oh, in Texas. So you came back? Yeah, I came back three, four days ago with them. Now yesterday went back in the States. Now today it's, it's leftover, right? Because I use them.
00:02:55.000 Okay. And you're with the company called Dedicated.
00:02:58.000 I was giving you one second here. Are you living, which broker are you using? Oh, this one is empty. Do I have to use them?
00:03:12.000 Or do you do your, sorry, I should rephrase the question. Do you use your own company?
00:03:18.000 No, no, no, no, no. I'm an owner operator with this guy, so I don't know what the dispatch is using.
00:03:23.000 Or sorry, yeah, like you produce this document yourself, the number? No. Someone else.
00:03:27.000 No, the dispatch. Oh, okay. Who's the dispatch?
00:03:29.000 It's...
00:03:30.000 Okay, so then you didn't do the arrive tent, fair enough. The next question I'm just going to ask you is about the vaccination. Do you have your vaccination card with you?
00:03:56.000 No, I'm telling you. I'm not submitting, not consenting to illegal questioning.
00:04:01.000 Oh, I see. So you're not going to answer that question. No, because it's illegal. It's my privacy. I'm not gonna... I mean, I'm getting fed up to tell you guys that I have antibodies. I've been tested and it's more than enough.
00:04:16.000 Yeah, I understand your position in terms of what you're explaining to me. I appreciate your position in terms of that. However, I have to do...
00:04:25.000 I know, you've got to do your job. Yeah, exactly. And I'm quite confident most of the time it's against your will, guys, too, but...
00:04:33.000 You know.
00:04:34.000 So the road is in the system, or the paperwork, it's empty. The paperwork...
00:04:38.000 Yeah, it's empty. I can open it for you, if you like.
00:04:40.000 Oh, no. That's okay. No problem.
00:04:42.000 And your license plate, I want to make sure it's correct. I have my system here. 60109 Papa BC.
00:04:48.000 Yeah. Perfect. That's for the truck. For the trailer, it's... Oh, yeah.
00:04:53.000 Perfect. Yep, that's correct. Excellent.
00:05:09.000 Okay, so we're gonna help you upstairs. Parking at this field on the right side by the yellow...
00:05:13.000 Over there? On the fence on the right side there.
00:05:15.000 Yeah.
00:05:16.000 So once you park there, you want to walk around the loading dock. It's a double glass door entrance, number two floor upstairs, and they will help you with that, okay?
00:05:23.000 So what is all about?
00:05:24.000 They're gonna ask... They have to ask you the questions upstairs for the arrived hand issue and the vaccination staff.
00:05:30.000 Okay.
00:05:31.000 So you can talk to them the way you can answer or not answer. It's your choice there.
00:05:35.000 Okay, can I get your name and your badge number? I'm about to serve you with a notice of liability.
00:05:40.000 It's enough, it's enough.
00:05:41.000 I can hear that one second. My phone is ringing. I'll get back to you in just one second.
00:05:44.000 Okay.
00:05:45.000 Okay.
00:05:48.000 Thank you.
00:05:50.000 Can I see your paperwork again, I'm just going to stamp that for you.
00:06:18.120 Thank you, and I can get the yellow slip back from you this time.
00:06:26.120 Thank you, sir.
00:06:27.120 You're welcome.
00:06:28.120 Alright, and you said you are traveling by yourself today?
00:06:31.120 Yes.
00:06:32.120 Perfect.
00:06:33.120 And you still have your passport there?
00:06:34.120 Yeah.
00:06:35.120 You want to see it again?
00:06:36.120 No, that's okay.
00:06:37.120 You know, it says even on the first page here, you should have let me back into my country 0.91
00:06:41.120 without hindrance.
00:06:42.120 This is for you here with a stamp on it, alright?
00:06:45.120 Okay.
00:06:46.120 If you say you are on your way into Canada now, so there's no further processing that
00:06:50.120 will be going on at this point, at this moment here, okay?
00:06:53.120 Okay, thank you very much.
00:06:54.120 You have a safe day.
00:06:55.120 May the Lord bless you.
00:06:56.120 Take care.
00:06:57.120 Bye-bye.
00:06:58.120 No engine braking.
00:06:59.120 Turn in the first ride on distance-way.
00:07:06.880 Hey.
00:07:08.120 Now we're moving.
00:07:17.120 Bye-bye.
00:07:21.120 It's awesome.
00:07:23.120 Thank you.
00:07:53.120 Thank you.