"Canada’s visa controls on Mexico a humiliation"

Mexican Senator Meddles in Canada

25 October 2009
Allan Wall

Mexican diplomats and politicians have become accustomed to meddling with abandon in U.S. immigration policy, and we just let them get away with it.

Heads up Canada, Mexico is starting to meddle in your immigration policy. The Mexican government is really offended that Canada is now requiring visas for Mexicans to visit Canada. What an injustice!

An article in the Globe and Mail entitled Visa controls on Mexico ‘humiliating,’ senator says (October 24, 2009) reports the visit to Canada of Rosario Green, Mexican senator and former Mexican Foreign Minister. here are some excerpts:

A senior Mexican senator and former foreign affairs minister yesterday called Canada’s visa controls on Mexico a humiliation and questioned whether Canadian-Mexican relations will improve as long as Stephen Harper is Prime Minister.

Senator Green let it be known that she herself was subjected to Canadian immigration procedures:

In a blunt speech to a Toronto business and academic gathering, Senator Rosario Green Macias detailed the information she was required to provide to the Canadian government to enter Canada – proof of property ownership, her last six bank statements, a letter from the Mexican senate stating she is a senator and personal information about other members of her family. “That has to stop,â€