Originally Posted by
abaheti
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.
Thanks for your reply but a DUI is a very serious offense in my opinion. I know someone here in my local community that was drinking and crashed into a tree and almost died but survived but sadly with a disability.
Watch this Rescue 911 series(the boy attended the local community college in the Adapted PE program that I volunteered for). Its really sad.
Now I hope you won't ever be caught with a DUI.