I'm planning a flight from the US West Coast to Alaska this summer in my US
registered homebuilt. Depending on weather, I may have to make a stop in
Canada.

According to AOPA's website, US law requires private airplanes operating
outside the US to have an FCC radio license for the airplane and another for
the pilot. What are the chances that anyone in Canada is going to care
about the licenses? Since the only requirement to get the aircraft license
is to pay $60, there doesn't seem to be any operational benefit of the
license, other than satisfying bureaucratic silliness. Anybody flown their
US registered airplane into Canada lately and needed the license?

Thanks,
Dennis Johnson