The recently passed federal budget bill modifying dozens of acts contains a provision that will further the digitization of the border.
Bill C-47, which runs close to 400 pages, received royal assent on June 22 and modifies the Customs Acts to “allow a person arriving in Canada to present themselves to the Canada Border Services Agency [CBSA] by a means of telecommunication.”
CBSA says this will allow for the introduction of a series of voluntary service-processing tools at border crossings and airports—including the controversial ArriveCAN application.
“Legislative amendments to the Customs Act proposed in Bill C-47 would address current barriers to proceeding with proposals to realize a more modern traveller experience. The changes introduce a new manner of presentation that would be supported by the deployment of voluntary self-service processing tools,” CBSA media relations spokesperson Maria Ladouceur said in an email to The Epoch Times….