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Canada Makes Some Airport Connections Less Painful, and Dual Citizens Are Doing Jersey Math.
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Canada Makes Some Airport Connections Less Painful
Canada has made some international connections less airport-ish at Toronto Pearson Terminal 1, Vancouver, and Montreal. Eligible passengers flying from one country to another through those airports can now go straight to international departures without seeing a CBSA officer or tapping through a primary inspection kiosk.
The catch is the usual travel paperwork bingo. Travellers still need the right passport, visa, eTA, or transit visa, in addition to a confirmed international flight leaving Canada within 24 hours. They also have to stay inside the designated international departure area, and automatic baggage transfer needs to be in place. If the bag has to be collected, the normal border route is back in play.
For Canadians abroad, the new way of doing things may make it easier to use the big airports as a routing hub. Family trips, long-haul connections, and odd cheaper itineraries through home soil may now get a little less annoying.
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Dual Citizens Are Doing Jersey Math
The World Cup has Canadian dual citizens doing some emotional jersey math. At Vancouver's FIFA Fan Festival, The Canadian Press found fans stacking loyalties, including a Mexican-born Vancouver resident wearing Mexico green outside and Canada red underneath.
Canada is heading into Canada Day with World Cup flags everywhere, and the men's team has made the round of 16. The fan zones have turned into a demonstration of how Canadian identity works when people carry more than one passport, language, family story, or football loyalty (and perhaps heartbreak).
Read more: Canada's National Observer / CTV News