Guest: Say no to a U.S.-Canada border-crossing fee

THE U.S. government has expressed interest in possibly instituting a new border-crossing fee at land borders. At this stage, the proposal is just a request by President Obama’s administration to study the effect of collecting a crossing fee for pedestrians and passenger vehicles along the Canadian and Mexican land borders.

A fee would help recover the costs of upgrades on the northern and southern borders, including adding hundreds of U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers and new technology.