Now Brits must pay to 'Brexit' to Canada

Male, Female or other ??  Stop the World - I want to get off !!

Nothing to do with Brexit either.

Confusing.

The fee is a yet another stupid idea from the current government.  The fee is annoying, doesn't really generate any revenue or pay for the process of checking out a visitor, and comes with stupid choices like the "other" one described above.  Have no idea what problems they thought they were solving with this....

GarryRF: it was perhaps a bad joke about Britons exiting to visit Canada. Sorry.

DrF: you may well be right about it being a bad idea, but it's not on Trudeau, who became PM last year. Harper had it passed in 2014 to take effect earlier this year.

PHeymont posted:

GarryRF: it was perhaps a bad joke about Britons exiting to visit Canada. Sorry.

DrF: you may well be right about it being a bad idea, but it's not on Trudeau, who became PM last year. Harper had it passed in 2014 to take effect earlier this year.

Then shame on Harper's government.  It's a stupid idea.

I always find the lunacy of Immigration and Customs a good measure of the people you are going to meet in the next few weeks. Even in the US you'll meet officials from either end of the spectrum - depending on where you arrive into the US. Please don't apologise Paul - makes me feel guilty. I welcome being criticised and mocked. The views of others on me and other Brits in general is fascinating. The same is not true when I visit other countries. Many people go for a weapon when I the question "Why do you need a gun ?"

I think the new $7 ETA applies to the whole world except Americans, Canadians, people who already have a visa and people who have a Canadian Permanent Resident card.  This includes Mexico whose requirement was changed on 1st Dec from a visa to an ETA.

There are a few more twists to it, but basically it applies to everyone who does not need a visa to visit Canada; it is in place of a visa. It just seemed to me (and to the British newspaper that first drew my attention to it) an ironic twist in the relationship between the two countries, much as I have been amused by Indian ownership of British car makes and major steel production. Who would have imagined such things years ago!

Similar to the number of US companies that are now British or Chinese owned.

Even Budweiser has fell to the highest bidder in Europe !