Summary
The U.S. government has ordered the Haskell Free Library and Opera House, which straddles the U.S.-Canada border, to end Canadian access through its Vermont entrance due to drug trafficking concerns.
Starting Oct. 1, Canadians must use a new entrance on the Canadian side, costing the library over 100,000 CAD to build.
Locals on both sides express frustration at ending the century-old tradition.
The library, a nonprofit since 1901, launched a fundraising campaign, raising more than half the needed funds through small community donations.
The dumbest timeline ever
Why would a separate entrance stop drug trafficking? I’ve never been to that library but from the photo, it seems like you could just walk like 500m away, be in a forest, and hand someone a whole bucket of that sweet Canadian fent we all know and love.
It wouldn’t. This just a BS excuse to bully a trade partner.
look, Canada, if you wanna, y’know, take care of things, y’know, we’d really appreciate it. This demented rapsit is nothing but human sewage washing over everything.
I mean - who knew?!
Relax guys. The other entrance should be equivalent to the other. Separate but equal if you will. That can’t possibly go wrong.
100k for a door?
A separate entrance is more then just a door:
To build out the Canadian entrance, the Haskell has to create a parking lot with reduced mobility spots, install reduced mobility access ramps and entrances, and build another proper building entrance to the facility.
Looks like their GoFundMe has a good response so far, already receiving over the expected $100k needed.
Built with a $50k hammer.
“Drug traffickers and smugglers were exploiting the fact that Canadians could use the U.S. entrance without going through customs. We are ending such exploitation by criminals and protecting Americans,” the statement said.
no more drugs or nudie pics from libraries by God!
I’m sorry the President of my country is an asshole.
I’m genuinely ashamed to be American now.
