The Official Kilt Kamp 2014 Registration thread

[KiltedKnome]

It's been a while, but as I remember the last time I was in Canada I was able to pay for things with US dollars. Can I still do that, or should I convert some to Canadian dollars? If so, are there places near the boarder crossing between Bellingham and Vancouver I can do that?

What about security, especially when site seeing in Victoria, are there lots of metal detectors, scanners and x-ray machines to deal with when entering public buildings, or has Canada not gone crazy yet?

What about the thought police? From what I've been reading, Canadians are basically pretty friendly, but uptight when it comes to non PC thoughts. What do I need to do to stay out of trouble? For example, it's OK to call paleoimmigrant peoples Indians in the US, although the Caucasian dominated PC crowd enforce the term Native American, (Indians in the US very often refer to themselves as Indians, if you haven't checked lately, and the BIA is still the BIA) but I know Canadians like to use the term First Nations. If I slip up and use my native tongue and say Indians, are the thought police going to haul me before the human rights commission? Maybe I sound crazy, but the world is going crazy, and it's better safe than sorry. I'm a relic of the past.

1. You might want to scroll back and read posts # 8 and 9 regarding the use of US and Canadian money up here.
2. I am not sure about the security question ... this is a cosmopolitan tourist town this time of year. If you try to enter the courthouse you might have to pass through security, but I cannot see why you would want to enter the courthouse, so you should be okay. Can I ask why you are even asking this question....?
3. Thought police? Hmm, are Canadians PC....? Not sure how to answer that. Once again, I will reiterate that this is a tourist town in the summer, and if you wander around town, you are going to run into people from so many different countries, speaking so many different languages it will make your head spin. By and large, the locals are tolerant of "non-PC" statements, making the excuse in our heads that the person making the statement is a tourist and therefore tolerated.
4. Steve has explained the use of the moniker "Indian" in post #57. It will emphasize that you are from south of the border, but that is all.