Martin said the Conservative government "should stand up on their hind legs and frankly tell the Americans, what for?

Look, they're standing on their hind legs like little Rory Calhouns!

Whoa - a government in economic turmoil creates a new revenue stream, and one that won't get their own voters' panties in a bunch? That's some fine dosh-garned US of A ingenuity right there.

Aarontology: It's more expensive to get in and out of long island.

As the kids say, w3rd. I was surprised at the amount of toll roads traveling from DC to Jersey and 'round those parts.

Bob_Laublaw: Aarontology: It's more expensive to get in and out of long island.

As the kids say, w3rd. I was surprised at the amount of toll roads traveling from DC to Jersey and 'round those parts.

Yup. Costs you about the same amount to cross the Bay Bridge into San Francisco.

/i realize it's no kids in the hall...

Nina_Hartley's_Ass: /i realize it's no kids in the hall...

Reminds me of American idol

/shudder
//never watched American idol except through commercials

If he's reasonably hot and enjoys snappy conversation, I'll PAY his $5.50!

I'm guessing this will even be charged during transfers, since you technically have to go through US customs and thus enter the US.

So let me get this straight, first you Canadians act like Canada is SOOOOOO great and the U.S. is SOOOOO stupid, and now you complain that you can't visit the U.S. whenever you want?

Go eat syrup, you moose loving hosers >:(

Easy fix. Charge the americans $12 to enter Canada.

Simple, just charge any US citizen entering Canada 20 bucks and put it towards the healthcare they're probably coming across the border for.

or...

Charge US Citizens 50 bucks to LEAVE Canada.

If they make Canadians pay to enter the USA, they need to make those at the southern border pay too. If Canadians have to pay, so should the Mexicans. Otherwise it would be very unfair.

$5.50 to enter the US,they should be paying Canadians for going to that god-forsaken country.

cajunns: $5.50 to enter the US,they should be paying Canadians for going to that god-forsaken country.

I was just thinking that this is the ultimate tarrif, that there is no way Canada could retaliate, cause aint nobody ever gonna pay five bucks to enter Canada.

I sound fat: I was just thinking that this is the ultimate tarrif, that there is no way Canada could retaliate, cause aint nobody ever gonna pay five bucks to enter Canada.

More tourists than citizens in Canada.

jingks: I sound fat: I was just thinking that this is the ultimate tarrif, that there is no way Canada could retaliate, cause aint nobody ever gonna pay five bucks to enter Canada.

More tourists than citizens in Canada.

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Link sez Canada in its entirety gets 35 million tourists per year. Just to put that in perspective, Las Vegas gets 45 million all by itself. Canada needs more gambling and whores.

jingks: I sound fat: I was just thinking that this is the ultimate tarrif, that there is no way Canada could retaliate, cause aint nobody ever gonna pay five bucks to enter Canada.

More tourists than citizens in Canada.

Well I have more visitors in my house every year than people who live there. Im not braggin, cause theres only 2 people who live there. Im sure more people visit Saskatchewan each year by getting on the wrong plane than live there.

/wish I could charge my mother in law 5 bucks to enter. No way the chea.... um, nevermind, shes a lovely woman.

Jacobsen claimed the U.S move was "necessitated by the budget situation in my country."

"It is paid by American citizens and foreign nationals alike, just like Canadian citizens and non-Canadian citizens pay fees at Canadian airports."

Does this mean that US citizens unable to pay the fee will be denied their legal right to enter their own home country?

sausages!

FTA:
"In the Commons, the New Democrats railed against the surcharge and said it made a mockery of Conservative efforts to work with the U.S., noting the latest border irritant comes on top of Buy America provisions in U.S. President Barack Obama's latest job stimulus package.

Gerald Keddy, parliamentary secretary for international trade, said the Conservative government is "disappointed" and hopes the U.S. "will recognize the error of their ways and that free and open trade is the way out of this economic depression, not into it."
"

I disagree. We should never have let our import tariffs get so lax as to undermine our economy as it has, especially since we have one of the most resource rich nations in the world.

Canada's subsidized health care also gives their companies a significant competitive advantage over American ones.

/still love you guys though

Gordon Bennett: Does this mean that US citizens unable to pay the fee will be denied their legal right to enter their own home country?

Nah.. usually when you show up for a toll and dont have the money, they mail you a bill and send you on your way.

gopher321: $5.50 just to cross the border? WTF?

It's to keep the TERRISTS out.

TERRISTS are notoriously cheap bastards.

Jacobsen claimed the U.S move was "necessitated by the budget situation in my country."

"It is paid by American citizens and foreign nationals alike, just like Canadian citizens and non-Canadian citizens pay fees at Canadian airports."

What airport fee is he talking about? I don't recall having to hand over any money at the airport for fees at all.

sonician: Jacobsen claimed the U.S move was "necessitated by the budget situation in my country."

"It is paid by American citizens and foreign nationals alike, just like Canadian citizens and non-Canadian citizens pay fees at Canadian airports."

What airport fee is he talking about? I don't recall having to hand over any money at the airport for fees at all.

ya know how your fare is 199.95, but you magically have to pay 312 bucks at the checkout screen? those airport fees.

Day_Old_Dutchie: gopher321: $5.50 just to cross the border? WTF?

It's to keep the TERRISTS out.

TERRISTS are notoriously cheap bastards.

Thanks for the first giggle of the morning.

No sane Canadian would want to enter the US, would they? I mean, no sane person anywhere would want to enter the US willingly, would they?

JonnyG: No sane Canadian would want to enter the US, would they? I mean, no sane person anywhere would want to enter the US willingly, would they?

I used to go fairly regularly. Now that security is much tighter and I need a friggin passport to drive over, I don't go at all.

This added fee only cements my decision.

It's slightly amusing, but ultimately sad, watching the US spiral downwards over the past decade or so.

Flyover country.

BurnShrike: JonnyG: No sane Canadian would want to enter the US, would they? I mean, no sane person anywhere would want to enter the US willingly, would they?

I used to go fairly regularly. Now that security is much tighter and I need a friggin passport to drive over, I don't go at all.

This added fee only cements my decision.

It's slightly amusing, but ultimately sad, watching the US spiral downwards over the past decade or so.

You get a "SANE" sticker!

JonnyG: You get a "SANE" sticker!

Yay!

I'm not sure it'll counter all the "INSANE" stickers I've been labelled with though.

fusillade762: Martin said the Conservative government "should stand up on their hind legs and frankly tell the Americans, what for?

Look, they're standing on their hind legs like little Rory Calhouns!

Sure. The next time we have your ambassador over to tell us what laws to pass we should totally bring that up.

Seriously though this isn't some huge outrage. It's five bucks. Other countries pay more, we didn't pay any for the longest time, now we have to pay less. *shrug*

Someone's gotta pay us back for the damage Bryan Adams and other Canadian soft-rockers did.

BurnShrike: JonnyG: You get a "SANE" sticker!

Yay!

I'm not sure it'll counter all the "INSANE" stickers I've been labelled with though.

Sticker or not sticker, you know the fee only applies to air or sea travel, not land. All you have to pay then are the tolls.

Oliver Twisted: BurnShrike: JonnyG: You get a "SANE" sticker!

Yay!

I'm not sure it'll counter all the "INSANE" stickers I've been labelled with though.

Sticker or not sticker, you know the fee only applies to air or sea travel, not land. All you have to pay then are the tolls.

Makes sense since you can't travel from Canada to the US over land. Like, sure, I'm going to just drive my car right across the Atlantic or the Pacific to reach Bangor or Seattle. Silly Americans and their geography.

Gordon Bennett: Jacobsen claimed the U.S move was "necessitated by the budget situation in my country."

"It is paid by American citizens and foreign nationals alike, just like Canadian citizens and non-Canadian citizens pay fees at Canadian airports."

Does this mean that US citizens unable to pay the fee will be denied their legal right to enter their own home country?

You're already paying the fee. It's part of the price you pay for your airline ticket/whatever

I didn't realize I was paying it either. I'm certain no one else gives it any thought, apart from politicians trying to find something to campaign on that is of no consequence.

This is a bunch of muck-raking. Nothing more.

ajgeek: JonnyG: Makes sense since you can't travel from Canada to the US over land. Like, sure, I'm going to just drive my car right across the Atlantic or the Pacific to reach Bangor or Seattle. Silly Americans and their geography.

Holy sweet mother of Jeezus someone knows about Bangor!

I am not alone afterall!
//hello?
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Relax, he probably just read a Stephen King book. Took me three before I realized it wasn't a fictional place.

That's fine with me. I can honestly say there is nothing in the US that has ever interested me in visiting.

Been to Houlton, Maine, and was lost in the appalachian mountains once, but I'm an east coast Canadian.

That's 5 and a half more reasons not to go south.
Not that I need many. I have only gone to the US once in the last 12 years.

I don't feel the need to go back for at least another 10.
There's so many other interesting parts of the world that I haven't visited yet

Alonjar: FTA:
"In the Commons, the New Democrats railed against the surcharge and said it made a mockery of Conservative efforts to work with the U.S., noting the latest border irritant comes on top of Buy America provisions in U.S. President Barack Obama's latest job stimulus package.

Gerald Keddy, parliamentary secretary for international trade, said the Conservative government is "disappointed" and hopes the U.S. "will recognize the error of their ways and that free and open trade is the way out of this economic depression, not into it."
"

I disagree. We should never have let our import tariffs get so lax as to undermine our economy as it has, especially since we have one of the most resource rich nations in the world.

Canada's subsidized health care also gives their companies a significant competitive advantage over American ones.

/still love you guys though

But c'mon, our socialist worker's paradise must drive Canada's economy to the brink of destruction, right? Won't someone think about the Job Creators? ;)

I sound fat: cajunns: $5.50 to enter the US,they should be paying Canadians for going to that god-forsaken country.

I was just thinking that this is the ultimate tarrif, that there is no way Canada could retaliate, cause aint nobody ever gonna pay five bucks to enter Canada.

I'd pay 5 bucks to go big game hunting. However, I don't think that Canada has much game the US doesn't except in the super far north.