U.S. limits Canadian access to iconic Stanstead, Que., border-straddling library, local officials say

[LiberalArkie]

The U.S. government is making it more difficult for Canadians to access the Stanstead, Que., library, an iconic building that straddles both borders, according to town and library officials.

The Haskell Free Library and Opera House, built in 1904, has been declared a heritage site on both sides of the border and has long been considered a symbol of harmony between Canada and the U.S.

The border line literally runs across the floor of the building, but the entrance is on the American side in Derby Line, Vt.

Until now, the library was considered a neutral location, allowing visitors to visit without having to go through all the procedures of a normal border, with patrol officers ensuring that everyone goes back to where they came from.

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/us-border-canada-quebec-stanstead-library-1.7489528

[RazorbackExpat]

1. WTF is wrong with Trump????

This is insane! It's like the W regime on steroids

[LiberalArkie]

3. I feel this is the result of the normal corporate mind set.

A very junior person made the decision trying to suck up to his manager. Who approves it trying o suck up to his manager. Who approves it trying to suck up to his manager.

And not a civil service person in the mix at all. Just the new USA, Inc. at work.

[Bettie]

5. Too much to list here

seriously.

[Think. Again.]

7. Psychologists DID warn us.

[RazorbackExpat]

9. Did they warn us about his insane fixation on Canada?

As someone who's living outside the US, I'm trying to wrap my head around all this bullshit. I spent some time in Canada near the Peace Park way back when, and everything was cool. It just blows my mind to see Trump needlessly trashing 180 years of goodwill

[Think. Again.]

13. Their warning of his psychosis didn't point out specific..

...psychotic acts he would commit, but they were clear in their "Duty To Warn" about his condition and how damaging it could be.

[VGNonly]

17. The Peace Park in North Dakota?

I was there back in 66.

[RazorbackExpat]

20. The one that straddles Blaine, Washington

and White Rock, BC

[Canada Kid]

2. More Trump Garbage

So now we can't have those Canadians going into a library as they might get more educated than their American brethren. Don't forget, now that the Department of Education has been gutted, any form of intellectual improvement is considered taboo under MuskLaw.
Keep the dumb and stupid...and they will always vote for us!

[Irish_Dem]

4. Quebec, one of the most fabulous locations in all of North America.

Quebec should tell the US library to go to hell.

[Think. Again.]

6. What does a new door cost?

[Ping Tung]

8. Which side is the toilet on?

[Solly Mack]

10. Some folks scream for comeuppance. I hope they get it.

[VMA131Marine]

11. What Kristi Noem did at this library is disgraceful, embarrassing, beneath contempt...

The new restrictions at the library come amid heightened tensions between the U.S. and Canada, and nearly two months after Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem visited the library.

According to Boudreau, when Noem visited she stood on the American side and said "U.S.A. No. 1" and then, after crossing onto the Canadian side, said "the 51st state."

Boudreau said Noem did this multiple times.

[elleng]

12. DAMN!!!

[a kennedy]

14. Well, I guess the World War III tRump has been jabbering about will start here.

He’s such a piece of shit.

[sakabatou]

15. Huh... I thought it was already restricted

especially in the library.

[tanyev]

16. Huh. What are the odds that this petty slap in the face finally brings them to their knees

versus the odds that this just makes them more angry and determined than ever?

[VGNonly]

18. There's an unsubstantiated rumor that the Beatles

met at that library in 1970. John was barred from the US at the time.

[TheBlackAdder]

19. When will Dirty Don and Pinhead Larry demand the building be moved?