Dave wrote:

> Let's face it, passports are completely unnecessary for land travel across
> the Canada-US border. However, it is a source of revenue for the
> government. Better yet they will keep Americans home. No more day trips
> across the border to Canada or the US if everyone in the car will have to
> have gone to the expense and hassle of acquiring a passport. A family
> travelling to Niagara Falls will not be able to cross into Canada to get a
> better view if they will have had to go to all that expense and hassle.

Getting a passport isn't difficult. The most difficult part of it is getting
your picture taken. All required forms can be downloaded online, the forms
can be submitted by mail, and your passport arrives in the mail.

My job requires international travel, so I've had a passport ever since I
got the job. Prior to that I was in the U.S. Navy, and didn't need a
passport to travel internationally.

Bob