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Book Censorship in Canada is primarily limited to the control of which books may be imported. Canada Border Services Agency is able to block materials considered to be inappropriate from entering the country, although this practice has become less frequent since the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms was put into place.
Posting items via international mail also requires the sending party to complete a customs declaration form. The declaration form helps the customs to control goods entering the country, which can affect the country's economy, security or environment. A levy duty may be applied.
Customs Manifest 310 Freight Receipt and Invoice (Ocean) 311 Canada Customs Information 312 Arrival Notice (Ocean) 313 Shipment Status Inquiry (Ocean) 315 Status Details (Ocean) 317 Delivery/Pickup Order 319 Terminal Information 322 Terminal Operations and Intermodal Ramp Activity 323 Vessel Schedule and Itinerary (Ocean) 324
Little Sister's appealed to the Supreme Court of Canada in 2000. The court agreed with the lower courts that customs authorities had unfairly targeted shipments to the bookstore and that the laws on obscene material were contrary to section 2 of the Charter but saved under section 1. However, the court also ruled that the provisions of the ...
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One of the most famous ongoing censorship controversies in Canada has been the dispute between Canada Customs and LGBT retail bookstores such as Little Sister's in Vancouver and Glad Day in Toronto. Through the 1980s and into the 1990s, Canada Customs frequently stopped material being shipped to the two stores on the grounds of "obscenity".
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