One of Trump's border officials told Politico that the administration is planning to permanently bar Canadians who invest in or start legal cannabis businesses in the US or Canada from entering the USA.
A nationwide legalisation of cannabis goes into effect in Canada next month.
There have been concerns within Canada's growing cannabis industry for months that they may face trouble crossing the border.
In July, a Vancouver businessman was banned from entering the US for life because he had investments in US marijuana companies.
Immigration lawyers have said they have heard similar stories from clients in the industry.
Canada cannabis entrepreneurs 'could face US lifetime ban' [BBC]
Science fiction writer/lawyer Casey Fiesler is a maven in the field of tech ethics education (she maintains the amazing spreadsheet of tech-ethics syllabi); she uses science fiction stories as a jumping-off point for her own classroom discussions of ethics in technology.
Data breaches keep happening, they keep getting worse, and yet companies keep collecting our data in ever-more-invasive ways, subjecting it to ever-longer retention, and systematically underinvesting in security.
If you were living in Massachusetts a few years back, you might remember that Comcast was offering what seemed to be a screaming deal: a $99 lock-in rate plan. I say “seemed to be,” because Comcast’s advertised $99 price didn’t include the cost of renting equipment and the fact that, as we’re talking about Comcast […]
The key to learning any new language is feedback. When you’re immersed in conversation, it’s easy to pick up key phrases and pronunciation, but not all of us have the means to jet off to Spain, France or wherever we can learn to speak like a local. The next best thing: The Mondly app. Mondly […]
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