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| Lazy Bones |
New rules may stick it to Stones
Rock group faces Pearson delay
By TOM GODFREY -- Toronto Sun
TORONTO -- Arriving members of the Rolling
Stones and their 175-person entourage could
face lengthy delays at Pearson airport when a
new immigration law takes affect at midnight
tonight, a Toronto lawyer says.
Some band and entourage members were
slated to begin arriving here as early as
tomorrow to conduct advance work for their
coming world tour. Sources said the band may
postpone arrival dates to avoid delays and the
uncertainty of the new Immigration and
Refugee Protection Act.
"It is pretty sad when a big group like this has to
adjust their travel plans," said lawyer Ben
Trister, who handles many foreign celebrities
performing in Toronto. "They may have to put
off their travel plans."
Trister, chairman of the immigration section of
the Canadian Bar Association, said under the
old law information about the band members
and their entourage were filed on one
application form that was faxed to immigration
authorities for approval before the band
arrived.
Under the new law, he said all 175 band
personnel will have to complete individual
applications, which have to be processed by
officials upon arrival at Pearson.
"We are expecting incredibly long delays,"
Trister said. "Each application form has to be
judged separately."
Immigration officials said Keith Richards and Sir
Mick Jagger have drug convictions and may
require new application forms for ministers'
permits. Trister said he's providing advice to
the Stones' U.S. lawyer about the new act.
Montreal immigration lawyer Richard Kurland
said the rock 'n' roll band and their entourage
"could end up sitting at the airport for an entire
day. People can expect pandemonium at the
Canadian borders on Friday."
Immigration spokesman Susan Scarlett
disagreed, saying Canada welcomes foreign
performing artists.
"Immigration is committed to facilitating genuine
foreign performing artists who wish to perform
in Canada," she said.
Scarlett said under the new law, groups of less
than 15 foreign performing artists who do not
need validation from Human Resources
Canada will no longer require work permits and
will be able to enter as visitors.
"It is the status quo for larger groups like the
Rolling Stones, which are HRDC-validation
exempt and didn't -- and still don't -- need work
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| stonedinaustralia |
"'It is pretty sad when a big group like this has to adjust their travel plans,' said lawyer Ben Trister, who handles many foreign celebrities performing in Toronto."
yes indeed, its heart breaking...
i'm holding back convulsive sobs as i write and really don't think i can go on any more... there seems to be no point in anything and my whole world has been turned upside down and had the meaning shaken out of it...
perhaps keith could re-shoot a famous picture only this time "Patience Please a Terrorist Free Canada Comes First"
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| KeepRigidsLawyer |
Keep has asked me to get on the red phone and clear this matter up at once! |
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| swapwoodfortaylor |
Quite why anyone would even want to visit that crap and irrelevant country is beyond me. The way they abused Keef remains unforgiveable. |
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| Miss U. |
If it wasn't for Canada Keith would still be a junkie today & the Stones woulda broken up long ago or replaced Keith.
His blind angel in Toronto came thru for him & pleaded his case to the judge I recall. Keith was very grateful for that.
Besides, the Stones enjoy Toronto & the people here.
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| Lazy Bones |
quote:
swapwoodfortaylor wrote:
Quite why anyone would even want to visit that crap and irrelevant country is beyond me. The way they abused Keef remains unforgiveable.
I can't believe I actually abased myself to reply to such comments. However, I seriously hope that you don't judge a country based on actions of one cities' police department. Just like I shouldn't judge you on your dumb-ass, idiotic remarks.
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| stonedinaustralia |
quote:
swapwoodfortaylor wrote:
The way they abused Keef remains unforgiveable.
how so?? i thought they treated him fairly well given they had enough on him to put him so far back in jail he would have had to have had air pumped in for him...
do the crime - do the time... unless you have an abundance of negotiating papers (the green folding kind)
actually i should qualify the above... on the facts the traffic charge was never going to stick and as was pointed out by the appeal judge drawing a custodial sentence for possession was always only a 50/50 proposition (interestingly, the use of statistics in sentencing was one of the appeal points) so the result was just IMHO and that of the appeal judge - the problem with kr's case is that he has so much in the way of disposable income that he was able to purchase industrial quantities for his own use
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| stones09 |
swapwoodfortaylor wrote:
"Quite why anyone would even want to visit that crap and irrelevant country is beyond me. The way they abused Keef remains unforgiveable."
Only an irrelevant little man could make such an ignorant and ill-informed statement! Everyone else that knows better should also be telling him to get some treatment. |
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| mattb |
quote:
swapwoodfortaylor wrote:
Quite why anyone would even want to visit that crap and irrelevant country is beyond me. The way they abused Keef remains unforgiveable.
What an ignorant comment. |
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| Maxlugar |
President Cheney has just announced that The United States of America will be annexing Canada next Wednesday at 9:30AM! Yes! Operations are expected to wrap up at 9:45AM.
I welcome, in advance, all my Canadian bothers and sisters "Into the Fold"!
So don't worry about those customs problems!
And now, this:
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| Sir Stonesalot |
I thought we annexed them years ago....right after WWII? |
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