Canada-Mexico Visas: What Were We Thinking?

Published July 15, 2009

The first question that comes to mind with Immigration Minister Jason Kenney's surprise announcement that Mexicans will suddenly need a visa to enter Canada is: why? It's a question that also has people in Washington, D.C., and throughout the hemisphere scratching their heads.

The Canadian problem of a backlog of refugee claims has been a longstanding issue in relations with other countries stretching over many years from Chile to...