SIMMONS SAYS: The last Toronto GM who failed to prepare for a changing financial landscape paid dearly for itBLIZZARD: Canadians with British citizenship get dinged in wallet to visit U.K. Try refreshing your browser, or BLIZZARD: Canadians with British citizenship get dinged in wallet to visit U.K. Back to video We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Why would I be charged an exorbitant amount of money to travel there on my Canadian passport? Applied for U.K. passport Nevertheless, I made an application to His Majesty’s Passport Office. As I haven’t had a U.K. passport for almost five decades, I didn’t exist as far as they’re concerned.