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Posted date : Nov 27, 2017

The Canadian Snowbird Association (CSA) is a 100,000 member national not-for-profit advocacy organization. It is dedicated to actively defending and improving the rights and privileges of Canadian travellers. The CSA was founded in 1992 when over 1,000 Canadian snowbirds came together in Lakeland, Florida to protest provincial cuts to out-of-country medical coverage guaranteed under the […]

Posted date : Nov 22, 2017

An important document for any traveller. In the event of a medical emergency while travelling, a Personal Health Record can help unfamiliar medical professionals to quickly assess your health condition.

Posted date : Nov 13, 2017

Dear Bird Talk, This topic may have been covered before…sorry. During a recent U.S. border-crossing interview, we were asked to provide documentation showing closer ties to Canada. We didn’t have anything other than our ID; the guard reluctantly let us cross, but cautioned us “that the burden of proof is on the traveller.” Has anyone […]

Posted date : Nov 13, 2017

Dear Bird Talk: Re: Travel with pets I found, to my chagrin, that WestJet, the company I prefer to use, will not take an animal between May and October. However, Air Canada does. (To Ron Steeves, my maiden name is Doris STEEVES – hi cousin!!!) Thank You! Doris Layton, Mississauga, ON Response: Ed: We checked, […]

Posted date : Nov 13, 2017

I would like some clarification on how long we can stay in the United States. I live in Ontario. Some people tell me six months, while others say seven months. I also heard that our Ontario health coverage expires if we are out of the province for more than six month. Is this true? Your […]

Posted date : Nov 13, 2017

Dear Bird Talk, I would like to know how it affects us Canadians if we stay down in the USA for more than the 183 days. William in BC Response: Ed.: Currently, when a Canadian is admitted into the U.S. as a visitor, it is under a verbal B-2 Visitor’s Visa. You are permitted to […]

Posted date : Nov 13, 2017

Dear Bird Talk, I thought that you would be interested in printing the enclosed information and, by finding out whether other seniors have experienced similar problems, take steps to enlist another voice on our side. Possibly Hon. Tony Clement, minister of health. Predictably, there has been no reply from the Foreign Affairs Department. Yours Truly, […]

Posted date : Nov 13, 2017

Dear Bird Talk, I recently received a newsletter from Moody’s Gartner stating that the proposed “snowbird visa” legislation to increase the amount of time which snowbirds can spend in the U.S. is a potential “tax bomb,” as the “day count” for the purposes of the snowbird visa is different than the day count for tax […]

Posted date : Nov 13, 2017

Dear Bird Talk, Each of the provincial health plans, even the “generous ones,” threaten their citizens with cancellation of their provincial health-care plan should they dare absent themselves from the province for longer than some bureaucratically set period of time. I suggest that such a draconian punishment for temporarily abandoning one’s province of residence for […]

Posted date : Nov 13, 2017

Dear Bird Talk, As usual, I read CSANews from cover to cover for its valuable information and advice concerning travel and medical insurance during our annual stay in Florida for the winter months. The current issue, however, contains two items of personal opinion, which I feel deserve a response. In your editorial, I was naturally […]