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1.) It's good to see that you like to pay more money to whoever the fuck wants it, because I sure don't. We already get fucked by the USA if you forgot.. We sell them our lumber & our oil just to buy it all back at a massive premium. 2.) So we have to pay them to get into their country, but they get a free ride in Canada? To be blunt.. FUCK THAT. Our tourism industry is shit because of OUR govt, just because they have pushed away the cruiseships, the move industry, etc. And I can't really see that the minimal amount of 'muricans help provide so much money into our economy. |
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Australia 11,460 Brazil 5,175 China 20,850 France 25,090 Germany 11,490 India 6,082 Japan 14,415 Mexico 6,722 South Korea 7,612 United Kingdom 29,348 United States 525,690 We depend on America as a substantial source of income in this country. I think its important to not let the "hey fuck you too" mentality to come into play with the relationship. Pick your battles. |
^^ Fair enough. Here's a nice 2009-2011 Statistic: The Canada-U.S. border: by the numbers - Canada - CBC News Lets compare Canadians going to the USA, and Americans coming to Canada.. :facepalm: I see we practically DOUBLE on everything. I'm assuming your statistics would also be biased just for the fact of 525,690 would account for US Citizens WORKING in Canada and traveling across the border. Not just tourists. |
Lets say that is the case. Even if somehow 480000 of those numbers are cross border workers (which it obviously isn't) They would still be the highest # of entries. We double them in tourists, because being a substantially larger population, they have more to offer than us when it comes to buying power, big cities, tourist destinations, and not to mention better weather. However, that has nothing to do with the fact that if we knee jerk react to this, we will fuck our shitty tourism even more. If anything, this deterrent of the 6 dollar fee could help canada. I mean, I don't give a fuck about 6 bucks, but some people wouldn't head to the states out of spite, and they will spend the money in Canada. More money spent in canada=more taxes paid in canada=more money in the canadian economy, etc. Again, not saying it doesn't piss me off a bit to have to pay for America to handle its own issues, but I'm not going to support the idea of cutting off my nose to spite my face. |
Fair enough. If this does go through, and businesses get charged this same fee. Hopefully our lumber/oil companies will stop sending business down to the USA and open up they're own refining plants up here. :troll: |
Curious: how many of the people opposed to this tax are also opposed to taxes on services they don't use? Translink subsidies, carbon taxes, all that jazz. 'Cause I mean, a lot of people protest about taxes saying that we should charge the people who use the services the actual costs of them. So, I mean...isn't that what this is doing? Isn't a move towards user fees more fair to everyone on the whole? |
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I'm definatley not doing it wrong, I've been hopping the border more or less weekly for the last 5 years for various reasons. |
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Canada relies on the US, Canada is so lucky to be so close in both geography and in culture to the US, without that our economy would be resource only - which isn't a good thing. Please don't respond to this post, I don't want to argue with u on this point |
No fees for Canadians to drive into US | News1130 Quote:
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That's good news. The fee proposal was a stupid idea. |
Good news indeed. |
Canadians and US border towns alike rejoice! |
this would never have passed to begin with.. almost belongs in the 'no need to start a new thread thread' |
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