10-11-2015, 02:59 PM
(10-11-2015, 10:08 AM)ookpik Wrote: P.S. I never understood the point of collecting all those entry cards we have to fill in on flights that enter Canada. There must be 10s of millions of them every year. Once you've been allowed to enter Canada what's the point of keeping them? Does someone in Ottawa actually read them?
At least now you have the option of scanning them with some basic OCR validation and data collection. If that became universal it might actually provide some useful statistical data.
I can assure you that these cards are used after the fact. Stats for local office are collected from them, then they are sent to Stats Can who takes the data from them.
As well, as a legal signed document, they are used as physical evidence in cases of smuggling/criminal activity by the officer performing enforcement action.
Coke