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From: Peter Bennett (no email)
Date: Tue Jun 01 2004 - 20:41:36 EDT
Tuesday, June 1, 2004, 4:52:11 PM, Austin wrote:
AG> Since 1999 Canadian operators (air & marine) have been told that they did
AG> not require a vessel "station License". Also there was a reciprocal
AG> agreement with the US Government for Canadians visiting the US.
AG> Appears that 9/11 intervened and the agreement was not concluded.
AG> The attached is a notice from local (Nanaimo) BC Squadron to pleasure craft
AG> operators of the current situation concerning Canadians who are advised to
AG> check their local MCTS office.
AG> Our American friends may want to do likewise with their authority.
The attachment apparently got detached along the way...
The notice from CPS follows:
R/C Keith Roberts, SN, Course Director, Maritime Radio Seminar, has
asked the following information regarding radio licenses be forwarded
at the request of Industry Canada:
In 1999 we de-licensed marine and aeronautical and entered into
negotiations with the United States for a reciprocal agreement for
aircraft and boaters crossing the border into the USA, the idea being
that we would not require a license in either country. Recently, in
post 9/11 USA, other issues have taken the forefront and this issue
was relegated to the back burner for the time being and an agreement
was not reached.
As you are all aware, our exemption only applies in Canadian and
International waters. When a vessel or aircraft is in the sovereign
territory of any foreign administration, the provisions of the ITU
apply, which requires that all stations be licensed unless there is a
treaty between the administrations involved.
Since we do not have a treaty at this point in time, from this day
forward, we should advise our clients enquiring about travel into the
USA (air or marine) that they will require a license to fully comply
with international law. It may save someones holiday by explaining
that in these post 9/11 days of increasing uncertainty, you never know
when zero tolerance attitudes may surface and cause travelers grief if
their paper work is not all in order. It is fairly inexpensive to
obtain and maintain your Canadian licensing, and these days licensing,
operators certificates and passports are all considered very good
things to have.
If anyone has questions please contact Jim Laursen at
or Michael Krenz at Industry Canada.
-- Peter Bennett, VE7CEI Vancouver, B.C., Canada GPS and NMEA info: http://vancouver-webpages.com/peter Vancouver Power Squadron: http://vancouver-webpages.com/van-ps _______________________________________________ http://lists.samurai.com/mailman/listinfo/trawlers-and-trawlering To Unsubscribe send email to Include the word Unsubscribe (and nothing else) in the subject or body of the message.
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