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CIMA's Andrew Cash Gongs Increased U.S. Visa Costs

American acts can cross our border freely to work but proposed new U.S. visa costs make reciprocity nearly impossible for our developing acts.

CIMA's Andrew Cash Gongs Increased U.S. Visa Costs

By David Farrell

Andrew Cash, president and CEO of the Canadian Independent Music Association, a former MP and co-founder of the band L'Étranger, hits the nail on the head in a Globe and Mail editorial that exposes the harsh financial toll U.S immigration is proposing in raising work visas by as much as 250 percent.


The increased costs make it all but prohibitive for rank-and-file musicians and crews to cross the border to work.

As Cash posits, the rub is that “In contrast to U.S. policy, Canada is open for business to U.S. touring artists. Here, there is nearly no red tape; no work permit, no visas, no problem.”

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To read the article, link to On musician touring visas, the United States needs to change its tune.

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New & Upcoming Canadian Albums: Aysanabee Announces New Album, Rush Deliver Career Anthology

Here is the full calendar of new and upcoming Canadian album releases.

Rush are no longer touring after the death of drummer Neil Peart, but they're keeping their legacy alive.

This week, the beloved Canadian prog-rock trio release Rush 50, a 50-track anthology spanning their legendary career. The presence of unreleased tracks on this first-ever full retrospective box set will excite the super-fans.

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