Changes for Importers
The US Homeland Security bureau has rapidly been embarking on a number of initiatives to secure the US borders, and just about everyone of their initiatives would have an impact to Canadian importers and exporters. This is an old article, written in July, but it's still quite on topic. The direction the US is heading in is to get advanced notices of importing cargo before they arrive on US soil ... seeing that a hell of a lot of Canadian imports come through US ports, this will have an impact to Canadians. But not a bad one from a business perspective. It will cost money in the short term to implement new processes and associated systems, but the long term efficiencies that business will obtain from having more data before a shipment lands will more than pay for the money spent today. Especially with the direction the CCRA is pushing Canadian importers in.
Of Movies
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut -- This is one hilarious movie -- but boy is it rude. It's rude beyond the point of being offensive. The movie takes the good taste filter off and amuses with humour that simulate the juvenile in us. Every now and again though, that little kid in us needs to be amused -- and this movie will certainly do that. If you're offended by the movie, it's because the adult in you is watching. The Brothers Grimm -- This was an OK fantasy movie, moving at a good pace, with the appropriate level of action and humour. The special effects were well done -- and so was the cinematography. If you missed it in the theatre, you didn't miss much however. You can catch it on DVD. The Aristocrats -- This is a movie about a joke. One joke. That's it. The delivery however -- now that was something else. The delivery was sick, sick, sick. This is an in-joke for comedians that have been numbed by jokes for us regular folk. The only thi...
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