Canada Plans to Eliminate Need for Mexicans to Have Entrance Visas by Month's End Agencia EFE
go to original June 18, 2016

Update: Visa Lift for Mexicans Unlikely to Coincide with Three Amigos Summit (The Canadian Press)

Canadian International Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland says that her country will announce the elimination of entrance visas for Mexicans at the end of the month, when Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto visits Canada.

But Freeland also related the elimination of visas to "Mexican support" in trade matters.

In a statement to EFE following an event in Toronto organized by the Canadian Council for the Americas, or CCA, to discuss the Pacific Alliance, the minister said the Canadian government places great importance on its relations with Mexico.

"Part of our electoral platform during the last election was to talk about the importance of close relations with Mexico, and more specifically, to deal with the visa problem," Freeland said.

The previous Canadian government of Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper unexpectedly imposed in 2009 the requirement of a visa to allow Mexican citizens to enter the country, which led to somewhat tense relations between the two countries.

The current government of Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced its commitment to eliminating the need for visas, but up to now the exact date when the measure will take effect has not been stated.

The Canadian minister seemed to indicate that the elimination of the entrance visa will occur, in all probability, during the summit to be attended by Trudeau, Peña Nieto and U.S. President Barack Obama.

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