Uproar over Canadian visa requirement grows
By Karla Fajardo
RUMBO de México
The Canadian government's announcement late Monday that it now requires Mexican citizens to have a visa to enter Canada was received with outrage by politicians and bewilderment by would-be travelers and tourists to Canada.
The news was ill-received in the Mexican Congress, where deputies from the three leading parties demanded "equal treatment" to Canadian citizens coming to Mexico.
The visa requirement was also imposed on the Czech Republic, which responded to the decision by recalling its ambassador Tuesday and said it will require Candians to have a visa when they enter the Czech Republic.
The Foreign Relations secretary in the Mexican Chamber of Deputies, Cuauhtemoc Sandoval, of the Party of the Democratic Revolution, accused the Canadian government of an "anti-Mexican policy" and demanded that the measure to impose a visa on Mexicans should be withdrawn immediately.
