It definitely sucks. If Canada softened its immigration/tourism policies with Colombians than it would create all kinds of problems with the USA. The narcos would send people to Canada and then have them illegally enter the USA over the land border.
To be honest, I do not think you guys have a "good" understanding of how much of a "hardship" it is on Colombians to get a tourist visa for Canada or the USA. The process for a Colombian getting a 5 year tourist visa is like them winning the lottery. The $$ value you mentioned for getting the tourist visa is not the real cost. The real cost is 200 hours of waiting in lines.
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