70,000-member Canadian Snowbird Association: Michael MacKenzie

Canadian Travellers Dept: TORONTO - A proposal to charge travellers a new crossing fee at U.S. land border crossings has drawn condemnation in both countries, according to Winnipeg Free Press. However, Michael MacKenzie, executive director of the 70,000-member Canadian Snowbird Association, said Monday that Washington is trying to ease its "desperate financial situation" on the backs of Canadian travellers and Traffic makes its way to Ambassador Bridge that connects Canada to the United States Windsor Ont. on Friday June 15, 2012. A proposal to charge travellers a new fee when entering the U.S. at land border crossings has drawn condemnation in both countries. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Mark Spowart The call to study a new levy contained in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's proposed budget for 2014 is needed to defray increased security costs, proponents say. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.