Will the new Passport Requirements hurt U.S. Border Towns?
tritium @ Thu Jan 25, 2007 2:22 pm
Avro Avro:
Thanks for telling us something most of us already knew.
Clogeroo @ Thu Jan 25, 2007 2:35 pm
$1:
One thing the Canadian government should do is extend the expiry date for adult passports to 10 years like the UK and other countries. The current $87 cash grab every 5 years is extreme considering how much people change facially in adulthood.
I heard the UK might make there’s for five years as well soon as many countries might. The reason why it is five is not so much because your face changes but keeps them up to date where you are so every five years you have to report back if you want to keep your passport which allows them to review yourself. I think making them cheaper or subsidising the cost with taxes perhaps would be better. If it was only $50 that might be more reasonable for some people.
But many Canadians already have passports or have had them even before the United States started requiring them again. Right now on the news it said 94% of Canadians who travel by air already have a passport. I had one already or will have one because I don't plan on just visiting North America or staying on this continent for the rest of my life. I needed one anyway to visit England last autumn plus it is a good piece of identification for even domestic travel as well because it actually proves your nationality something a driver's licence does not and birth certificates can easily be forged. As someone said sooner this comes in place the sooner it will be just some distant memory and won’t be thought much about again.
bootlegga @ Thu Jan 25, 2007 3:11 pm
Since I belong to the 20% of Canadians who live more than 300 kms from the US border, this won't affect me all that much. I've gone camping in Idaho and Montana the last couple years but won't be doing that this summer. It's not because of the passport rules (have had one since 1999), but because I'm planning on using my holiday time for a trip to China instead.
I'm sure it will hurt some businesses, but people who do a lot of travelling already have passports, so I can't see it being anything other than a short term blip. If the rules change and the US suddenly decides it wants passports for travel by car then that could really hurt tourism.
Clogeroo @ Thu Jan 25, 2007 3:20 pm
Where do you live bootlega? Unless you actually live in Diefenbunker. 
Or perhaps in Penhold, Alberta?
hwacker @ Thu Jan 25, 2007 3:42 pm
bootlegga bootlegga:
Since I belong to the 20% of Canadians who live more than 300 kms from the US border, this won't affect me all that much. I've gone camping in Idaho and Montana the last couple years but won't be doing that this summer. It's not because of the passport rules (have had one since 1999), but because I'm planning on using my holiday time for a trip to China instead.
I'm sure it will hurt some businesses, but people who do a lot of travelling already have passports, so I can't see it being anything other than a short term blip. If the rules change and the US suddenly decides it wants passports for travel by car then that could really hurt tourism.
I'm sure it will hurt some businesses, but people who do a lot of travelling already have passports, so I can't see it being anything other than a short term blip. If the rules change and the US suddenly decides it wants passports for travel by car then that could really hurt tourism.
You’ll be paying 50 for the visa to china, and if the Canadian passport is within 6 months of expiry you'll be getting one of them too.
bootlegga @ Thu Jan 25, 2007 4:27 pm
Clogeroo Clogeroo:
Where do you live bootlega? Unless you actually live in Diefenbunker. Or perhaps in Penhold, Alberta?
Or perhaps in Penhold, Alberta?No, I live in Redmonton.
Hwacker Hwacker:
You’ll be paying 50 for the visa to china, and if the Canadian passport is within 6 months of expiry you'll be getting one of them too.
No, I renewed my passport last spring so I could see Juno Beach and Vimy Ridge, so I don't have to worry about that. The $50 for the visa, yeah, that's a pain in the ass...
TheFoundersIntent @ Sun Jan 28, 2007 12:03 pm
No matter what we do over here, there's always going to be a bellyacher. Wahwahhahahahah, cry me a river you sissies.
BeaverBill @ Fri Feb 16, 2007 2:20 am
I support the notion! Reinforce the border! It's long over due the message gets sent .... when you enter Canada you are entering another country. (although we become more of a puppet state every day).
As every year passes Canadians give away more control over our military, our trade (due to to short sightedness of our prostitute politicians), our laws and our resources (there's even a push to privitaize water!). Reinforce the border? The more the better....maybe this'll send a message (however trivial) to Canadians that they have a country to uphold. If it's too inconvienient to cross the border .....go somewhere else!! The world is immense and diverse. There's more to the world than McDonalds hamburgers.