Canada seeks to remove visa requirement for Mexicans

Justin Trudeau, Canada's Prime Minister, urged Foreign Affairs Minister Stéphane Dion to work on several "priority" issues, including removing the visa requirement for Mexicans, established in 2009.

Trudeau, who won a majority government on October 19, seeks to "strengthen trilateral cooperation with the United States and Mexico".

When Canada presented its federal budget for fiscal year 2015-2016, the government announced that starting on the first quarter of 2016 Mexicans who have had a Canadian visa for the past 10 years or who have a valid U.S. visa will be exempt from obtaining a new visa to travel to Canada.

Around 170,000 Mexicans travel to Canada every year, according to the Tourism Industry Association of Canada.

(With information from Notimex)