American tourists with a minor criminal convictions wanting to visit Canada will get a reprieve again this year.The federal government is extending another year a program that grants visitors a one time entry into the country.
Kenora MP Greg Rickford says it addresses concerns from a variety of groups alleging tourists to northwestern Ontario were being turned back at the border because of charges, often several years old.
Rickford says there specific rules to the program introduced last year, and American who entered under the program last year aren't eligible without having gone through appropriate rehabilitation processes.
