Originally Posted by
danielonn
Let's say you were convicted of a DUI and are only flying into Canada without renting a car and just using public transportation because now one can't drive due to a disability? ... Shouldn't they ask you questions such as I see you have a convicted DUI but will you be driving in Canada?
As I understand it (I'm a US attorney, not Canadian, but did look into this for a client last year), they aren't trying to stop people from showing up and driving drunk. They are trying to keep out serious criminals.
Under Canadian law, a DUI is considered a much more serious offense than in the US and is even a federal offense. (Not the forum or my place as a non-Canadian to argue if that makes sense or not.) So, if you were convicted of some other serious felony, you would be doing the exact same process to get into Canada as with a DUI. The US legal system just don't consider a DUI as serious as other crimes.