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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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Bryan Adams

Concerts

Bryan Adams Will Play 19 Canadian Cities on 'Roll With The Punches' Tour in September, Elvis Costello Coming to Toronto

Also announced this week, Pulp will be making a trip to Toronto, while Montreal Jazz Fest releases its full lineup.

Canadian rock icon Bryan Adams is playing across the country this fall.

The "Summer of '69" singer will play 19 Canadian cities on his 'Roll With the Punches' tour. He's already taken that show on the road to Australia and New Zealand this year, and hits the U.K. and Ireland in May.

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