The possibility of touring the United States could be out of reach for many Canadian musicians after Homeland Security proposed an increase to visa fees for international entertainers. The U.S. agency proposed a rate increase of more than 250 per cent, says the Canadian Federation of Musicians.
People travel to the United States of America at Pearson International Airport in Toronto on Friday, Dec. 3, 2021.
"Early and mid-career-level musicians feel this increase would completely bar them from performing in the U.S., especially amid inflation and rising costs of living nationally," the CFM said in a written statement. "There has not been a 250 per cent increase in inflation nor cost of living, so that this is highly out of whack with that standard."
Rosalyn Dennett, executive director of Folk Music Ontario, said with the cost of gas, housing, travel, food and accommodation increasing across the country, touring in Canada has become unsustainable."As a musician, if you're going from gig to gig across the country, or even across some of our provinces, you're driving for an entire day before you're getting to the next available market to play in.
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