U.S. envoy says Canadians facing device searches, detainment at border ‘not a pattern’ | Unpublished
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Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Dylan Robertson
Publication Date: June 7, 2025 - 08:23

U.S. envoy says Canadians facing device searches, detainment at border ‘not a pattern’

June 7, 2025
The American ambassador to Canada is pushing back on Ottawa’s travel advice, saying his country doesn’t search phones at the border and arguing some Americans travelling here are having a tough time.“We welcome Canadians to come in and invest, to spend their hard-earned Canadian dollars at U.S. businesses,” U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra told The Canadian Press in an interview Friday.


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