On Monday, October 13, 2014 8:54:11 PM UTC-5, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2014-10-13 21:39, Bryan-TGWWW wrote:
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> > I resent that border. The one time that I crossed it, I didn't need a
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> > passport, but now I would, and while I see Canadians as citizens of a
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> > separate political nation, I do not see us as having any more than an
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> > artificial difference culturally, as the northern tier of U.S. states are
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> > much like Canada, just as the U.S. southwest is greatly influenced by
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> > Hispanic culture, and the American South still has major cultural
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> > distinctions. The idea that someone from New Brunswick can't casually
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> > cross the artificial border into Maine is crazy.
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> Don't blame us for the passport. We have to make sure you can get back
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> to the US, and it is the US who decided that we all need to have a
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> passport... like the 9/11 terrorists who all had passports.... and visas.
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I don't blame Canada. I blame the USA Government. It's just ridiculous.
It's Canada. Could there *be* a much friendlier relationship between two
nations? It's like a Belgian needing a passport to visit France.

At least there are the passport cards, which are less expensive, and EDLs,
but those are only available in a few border states.
http://www.dhs.gov/enhanced-drivers-...-what-are-they
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--Bryan