Justin Trudeau Formally Commits to Lifting Visa Requirement for Mexicans CBC News
go to original November 18, 2015

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has formally committed to removing visa requirements for Mexican citizens entering Canada, a policy imposed by the Conservative government in 2009 to stem the flow of Mexicans seeking asylum there.

Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto said that Trudeau confirmed the commitment during a face-to-face meeting with Canada's new prime minister at the G20 summit in Antalya, Turkey.

"Justin Trudeau confirmed that he has signalled his cabinet to remove in the future the Canadian visa requirement for Mexicans," Pena Nieto wrote in Spanish in a post on Twitter Sunday.

A statement from the Prime Minister's Office said Trudeau discussed mutual issues with Pena Nieto, including climate change, and "reiterated the [election] platform commitment to lift the visa requirement on Mexican citizens."

The requirement had become an irritant between the two countries with the Mexican ambassador saying in 2013 he was "really mad" at Stephen Harper's Conservative government.

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