Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is demanding that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau bring back a visa requirement for Mexican nationals as asylum claims from that country continue to multiply.
In 2016, the Liberal government lifted the visa requirement, which was imposed by the previous Conservative government. Instead, the government cleared Mexican nationals to visit Canada by simply acquiring a $7 electronic travel authorization.
Trudeau announced the termination of the visa requirement as part of a suite of new measures meant to reset Canada’s relationship with Mexico following a two-day state visit by then-Mexican president Enrique Peña Nieto.
“This move will make it easier for our Mexican friends to visit
