Controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2009
Obscenity classification of films
The agency detained and prohibited two films by adult-film director Michael Lucas under its policy for classifying obscene material. The episode attracted criticism concerning the scope and application of border officials' powers over imported media.
2000
Little Sisters customs classification litigation
A long-running dispute over the detention, classification and treatment of imported sexual materials reached the British Columbia Supreme Court. The case record described repeated delays, confiscations, destruction, damage, prohibitions or misclassifications affecting the appellant's imports and raised allegations of systemic targeting by customs officials, whose relevant customs functions were later transferred to the CBSA.