Ontario Academic Credit - OAC

[Johann]

...this can be a production, and sometimes a barrier. Even Canadian citizens need a passport, or a quasi-passport special ID.

Yes, Jonathan, and that can, as you say, be problematic. My son told me recently that Ontario's "enhanced" drivers' licence would get him, his wife and kids across the border. He could then drive anywhere in the US, but he could NOT use it to get on a plane in Buffalo NY to take them to Disney World. He and his family CAN, of course, use their passports for that...

Just a minute - maybe they couldn't drive in Florida. In a recent, regrettable move, Florida required Canadians - by far their biggest tourist customers - to obtain International Driving Permits. Reason: so Florida police could read them. I guess Florida officials didn't know most Canadian drivers' licences are in English! However, in what I consider an equally regrettable decision, Quebec decided its drivers' licences would be in French only. I guess that caused the fracas. It's here:

http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2013/02/...ermit.html

Apparently, Florida has backed off somewhat re: enforcement -- but a lot of Canadian Snowbirds are still worried.

There are also exclusions from entering the U.S. based on criminal record.

Ah, Jonathan -- you know me all too well. (Kidding) Seriously, my "refusenik" stance on passport production at the US border is my way of rebelling against what I see as new bureaucratic tomfoolery, that I didn't have to put up with for many, many years. My reaction is, I realize, not for everyone. But I still don't like it when folks
(not you, Jonathan ) get judgmental and suggest:

(a) I'm too poor to have a passport,
(b) have nothing to contribute to the forum and
© have never been anywhere.

Nope - didn't like that part one little bit... but I'll let it go, for now.

Johann