The cost of a Canadian passport is about to rise and plans by Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government to overhaul the way it sets prices could result in them being even more expensive in the future.

An order-in-council adopted in late January calls for the government to begin tying passport prices to the consumer price index (CPI). On March 31, the cost of a Canadian passport will rise by 2.7 percent, the CPI increase in April 2024.

For example, the price of a five-year passport applied for in Canada would rise to $123.24 while a 10-year passport applied for outside of Canada would cost $267.02.

However, in an impact statement accompanying the move, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada says that’s just the first step.

  • melsaskca@lemmy.ca
    4·
    1 day ago

    What isn’t getting more expensive? Do your worst, governments. That mainly affects the rich, the business class and the upper middle class, most of the rest cannot afford travel anyway.

  • jaselle@lemmy.ca
    4·
    2 days ago

    Quite a big cost increase. However, it’s not that big of a deal IMO – Poor Canadians don’t travel out of country much to begin with, so this disproportionately affects the wealthy and those who need to travel for business reasons (can probably get it expensed anyway).

    • maplesaga@lemmy.world
      5·
      2 days ago

      We ballooned the cost of everything by handing out money, as the Bank of Canada funded the entirety of Covid debt with newly printed money and QE, and now hes raising taxes to pay for the expanded costs after every dollar was devalued.

      Is that deregulation in some way, or what does Neoliberal mean now?

    • thatsnothowyoudoit@lemmy.ca
      5·
      2 days ago

      I like the sentiment but this would hurt some of the poorest in suburban or rural communities who are forced to commute quite far. How about fines and penalties (and vehicle registration) that scales against some non-income-based net worth assessment?

      Turn the inconvenience fees for the rich into a painful but real source of revenue.

  • non_burglar@lemmy.world
    13·
    2 days ago

    Your increase percentage is wrong.

    I just renewed my passport (10 year version) and it was $160 three days ago, which is a 66% increase, not 2.7%.

  • ArmchairAce1944@lemmy.ca
    23·
    2 days ago

    Yeah let’s fuck over Canadians as much as possible. Goddamn it! How can anyone live in any country when life is just that fucking expensive.