Canada Not Expected to Lift Visa Requirements for Mexican Travellers CTV News
go to original February 16, 2014

Prime Minister Stephen Harper meets with Mexican president-elect Enrique Pena Nieto on Parliament Hill in Ottawa. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press)

Prime Minister Stephen Harper is not expected to lift visa requirements for Mexican travelers during a leaders’ summit in Mexico next week, a senior government source has confirmed to CTV News.

Canada imposed a visa requirement on Mexican travelers in 2009 in an effort to clamp down on the increasing number of false refugee claimants.

The matter may be a topic of discussion when Harper travels to Toluca, Mexico for a North American leaders’ summit with U.S. President Barack Obama and Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto on Feb. 19.

The Mexican government wants to see changes to the visa system, which they view as a “major irritant,” according to Mexican Ambassador to Canada Francisco Suarez.

The envoy told The Canadian Press in late 2013 that Canada has the most “stringent” visa system for Mexicans.

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