Last year, it was the COP15 conference on the environment and an international AIDS conference, both in Montreal, that saw many delegates struggle to get visas to enter Canada.
Another global conference in Montreal risks being derailed by Canada s delays in processing visas as well as rejections that critics argue punish those from poorer countries. Entire panels planned for next month in Montreal are on hiatus because, in multiple cases, six participants on a panel all lack a visa to enter Canada.