Canadian relief for Moore tornado victims denied at border

Dennis Sauve, the volunteer co-ordinator for Windsor Lifeline Outreach and the food bank co-ordinator at the Windsor Christian Fellowship, the two organizations that gathered the goods, said it's a "physical impossibility" to do the paperwork required in time to get the perishable food to Oklahoma before it spoils.

Because U.S. President Barack Obama hasn't declared Moore, Okla., tornado a disaster area, the 52-foot trailer of goods is considered a commercial shipment rather than humanitarian aid.

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Congratulations, America. Your border is now secure.

BS

Not the report, but the fact they're doing it.

Isnt it a great government our nation has.

If Oklahoma was full of Blacks, he would have declared it a disaster area.

shameful

this is normal customs procedure dummies

They have refined the program they used with Katrina only government supplied goods go to the victims, you must depend on your government for your survival.

Sounds like a nafta thing to me....I hate filling out customs paperwork when I have 1 thing to ship across the border, I can't imagine individually cataloging and obtaining C of O's for a whole truckload of good from various sources.

This would be like the Canadians stopping and screening every passenger on every plane that landed here on 9/11...ridiculous.

Well, I guess it goes to show just how far your government isn't willing to go to help.

dam its like the fed gov want them to suffer. Thank you Canadian mates.

If Canada sent an urgent supply of condoms instead, would it be the same ????

How the fuck isn't that place a disaster area?

More than likely the RED CROSS and UNITED WAY thought this would infringe on their opportunity to be a "NON PROFIT AGENCY ". And they used their ass kissing lobbyist to convense tptb to stop the shipment.