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U.S. to revive $5.50 tariff on Canadian travellers


Uncle Sam | 207774 hits | Oct 24 12:35 pm | Posted by: saturn_656
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Canadian and Mexican travellers to the U.S. are once again going to have to swallow a $5.50 tax if they enter the country by air or sea.

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  1. by avatar Gunnair Gold Member
    Tue Oct 25, 2011 2:43 am
    As ifI need another reason to stay north of the 49th.

    Thumbs up, America!

  2. by Lemmy
    Tue Oct 25, 2011 2:52 am
    Sounds like I'll be driving away from $5.50 at the gas-pump right before I cross back home. :twisted:

  3. by Lemmy
    Tue Oct 25, 2011 2:53 am
    Because the alternative is worse.

  4. by avatar Gunnair Gold Member
    Tue Oct 25, 2011 2:55 am
    Canadian tourism should be sending the US a thank you card.

  5. by avatar fifeboy
    Tue Oct 25, 2011 2:57 am
    Hell, you think that's bad, my dentist charges like $700 for a root canal.

  6. by avatar ShepherdsDog
    Tue Oct 25, 2011 2:58 am
    raise the price on BC bud.

  7. by Lemmy
    Tue Oct 25, 2011 3:09 am
    Oh, and by the way, this isn't a tariff. A tariff is a tax on imports. Tourism is an export. This isn't even really a tax. It's more like an entry fee. Hell, it's really just a toll to cross the bridge. I'm pretty certain that such a user fee would be perfectly compliant with NAFTA, were they just to call it such. But I'm still pumpin' and fleein' somewhere in downtown Buffalo. :twisted:

  8. by avatar DanSC
    Tue Oct 25, 2011 3:18 am
    I'm not a fan of this new fee on visitors coming by plane (and sea?), but until it is repealed I hope Canada enacts a matching policy.

  9. by avatar herbie
    Tue Oct 25, 2011 3:24 am
    No let's give them $5.50 to come visit. Then watch them scream we're "Illegally subsidizing tourism".

  10. by Lemmy
    Tue Oct 25, 2011 3:34 am
    R=UP

  11. by avatar PublicAnimalNo9
    Tue Oct 25, 2011 4:06 am
    "herbie" said
    No let's give them $5.50 to come visit. Then watch them scream we're "Illegally subsidizing tourism".

    HAHAHAHA niiice :rock:

  12. by Regina Gold Member
    Tue Oct 25, 2011 5:01 am
    My wife carries a British passport and has had to pay a $6 visa fee which expires every 3 months. Sound like a similar fee except it's every visit?

  13. by avatar martin14
    Tue Oct 25, 2011 6:06 am
    "herbie" said
    No let's give them $5.50 to come visit. Then watch them scream we're "Illegally subsidizing tourism".



    :lol: :lol:

  14. by avatar 1Peg
    Tue Oct 25, 2011 12:39 pm
    Well, once Keystone is built we could add a "tarrif" for every barrel of oil sent to the US



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