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Pastimes : What's Up with Canada these Days?? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Ann Corrigan who wrote (37)	5/24/2011 6:56:46 AM
From: average joe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 45

What's up with this Annie?? Prime Minister Stephen Harper says the proposal to charge Canadians to enter the U.S. is not a 'useful' way for the U.S. to raise revenue. Prime Minister Stephen Harper says there are better ways for Americans to raise money than to charge Canadians to get into their country. U.S. President Barack Obama wants to charge Canadians entering the U.S. by air or sea a $5.50 inspection fee, although private vehicles would be exempt. “They're running deficits down there well over a trillion dollars a year,” Harper said Thursday. “Some 40 per cent plus of the American spending is financed by borrowing. These are enormously challenging figures.” But Harper says the inspection fee is not a 'useful' way to raise revenue. “We want to ensure that trade and travel is easier, not more difficult, and we don't need additional taxes on that kind of economic activity,” said Harper. Visitors from Canada, Mexico and a number of Caribbean countries have been exempt from passenger inspection fees. Meanwhile, the Canadian Snowbird Association says the proposal is another irritant in crossing the border. The association's Michael MacKenzie says he doesn't think the fee alone will prevent Canadians from going to the U.S. But when combined with aggressive security at airports, he says the fee may give some another reason not to fly to the U.S. According to Statistics Canada, some 16 million Canadians flew into the U.S. in 2009. thestar.com