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Originally Posted by Gort
But amazingly it hasn't hurt the overall economy much, and none of that is due to the recent changes in passport requirements, which was the topic of this thread. In fact last year Canadians visiting the US actually increased in number. Look if people are going to stay away because they do not like how they are treated at the border, passport laws aren't going to make a difference. And most of those people that did stay away, considering the articles information on Canadian visitors, already needed a passport to enter the country.
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It's a little cavalier to say that $94 billion doesn't matter. Of course it does as per the comments of the US tourism reps in the article. It certainly hurts all those in the US tourism industry.
If this crossing is made more restrictive it will hurt both economies - I would remind you that Canada is the number 1 export market for more than 30 US states. Once again, the opposite of insubstantial. The question is, why would the US risk screwing up this huge mutually beneficial relationship? I would venture the answer - because most in Washington don't have a clue that this is the world's largest economic relationship bar none. Ignorance is a poor excuse for bad policy decisions. Read on...
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