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Originally Posted by casper
You have to pay a few bucks for US Agriculture Inspection; A few more bucks for a US 9/11 ant terror/security tax; a few more for US Customs Inspection; coming back you have to pay for Canadian Customs/Immigration.
Part of the problem is on the Canadian side; however there are also taxes imposed by the Americans for their inspection that are not charged when driving. These taxes are not charged on domestic flights on either side of the boarder.
If you wanted a level playing field they should charge those to everyone driving across the board. However that is not going to happen.
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As an example taxes on a "free" aeroplan flight from Saskatoon via Toronto to the Florida from a trip I did this year (the flights may be free but you still have to pay $170 in taxes and surcharges); specifically:
12.10 Canada Security Charge (CA)
5.2 US Agriculture Fee (XA)
7.3 US Immigration Inspection (XY)
5.70 US Customs User Fee (YC)
23.00 Canada Airport Improvement Fee (SQ)
1.04 GST(RC)
34.00 US Domestic Transportation Tax (US)
54.00 (YQ)
4.81 GST (XG)
I think the American government is just as bad as the Canadian government.