Looks as if Vicente wants to dump his guest workers on Canada also.

http://www.ctv.ca

Mexico hopes to expand business ties with Canada
Associated Press

MEXICO CITY -- Mexican officials expressed hopes Wednesday that their country could expand business ties and the current guest-worker program with Canada as President Vicente Fox headed to Alberta and British Columbia.

Fox will be accompanied on the two-day visit by a delegation of about 30 Mexican businessmen and will focus on meetings with Canadian leaders in the mining, transport and energy sectors, many of whom have investments in Mexico.

Fox was to meet with Prime Minister Paul Martin in Vancouver on Friday. Talks were expected to include health and environmental issues.

"Our relations are very fluid, practically without problems," said Geronimo Gutierrez, assistant secretary of foreign relations. He expressed hope that Mexico could expand its program of sending agricultural guest-workers to Canada.

"The program has been growing systematically," Gutierrez said, noting that it now involves about 12,000 workers a year, "and there are now workers in other sectors" beside agriculture.

The program matches Mexican labourers with Canadian employers for temporary, seasonal contracts.

"There could be an exchange of professional employees as well," Gutierrez noted.

It will be Fox's first visit to Canada since October 2004, when the two countries established the Canada-Mexico Partnership to strengthen economic and policy co-operation.

Security and anti-terrorism issues are also on the agenda, Gutierrez said.