Americans being turned back at the border for minor criminal convictions is costing the tourism industry millions of dollars.
That according to the Ontario Sunset Country Travel Association.
Executive Director Gerry Cariou says they have been lobbying the federal government for years to change the regulations, with no success.
Cariou says US Citizens can apply to have their record “rehabilitated” but it can sometime take years for the application to be processed.
He stresses they need a better solution, noting two years for an application to get processed is “unacceptable”.
