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In Eureka, Montana, Small Businesses Thrive on Canadian Dollars but…

But a proposal by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to study the feasibility of imposing a tax on travelers entering the country from Canada is giving rise to anxiety among small-business owners.

The steady hum of Canadian traffic that passes through this remote border town sustains restaurants and filling stations, organic grocers and barbershops, hardware stores and art galleries.

They hail from Alberta and British Columbia, and travel to Montana’s northern tier to shop, work and visit Glacier National Park. Most are repeat visitors and many are second homeowners, while others hold jobs in Montana but live across the border, and vice versa.

By Tristan Scott

Full Story: http://www.flatheadbeacon.com/articles/article/in_eureka_small_businesses_thrive_on_canadian_dollars/33765/

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