Canadian travelers may have to pay to enter U.S., if budget proposal goes through
Skift Take
U.S.- Canada daily traffic could be affected in a big way if this is the law. and now that it is out in public instead of being buried in a thick budget proposal, it wil get the proper debate it requires.
The idea of charging a fee to cross the U.S.-Canadian border is being floated, and so far it is not very popular.
"Once again, we have proof that you can never underestimate the capacity of some supposedly well-informed people in Washington to suggest stupid things," Garry Douglas, president of the North Country Chamber of Commerce, said in a statement to the Press-Republican.
Douglas was talking about a proposal from the federal Department of Homeland Security to conduct a study to see if it would be a good idea to charge people for crossing the border.
The study would include assessing the feasibility of collecting a fee at both the northern and southwestern borders of the United States.
According to Homeland Security's budget submission, the study should investigate:
--The feasibility of collecting from existing operators on the land border such as bridge commissions
