The reason why Canada imposed visa requirements on some EU countries:
> Canada imposed the visa on the two countries as well as the Czech Republic to stop an influx of bogus refugee claimants among ethnic Roma applicants.
> The Czech visa requirement ended last year, but Immigration Minister Chris Alexander said at the time the Romanian and Bulgarian ones would remain because of continued concerns over human smuggling and organized criminal gangs.
> Canada imposed the visa on the two countries as well as the Czech Republic to stop an influx of bogus refugee claimants among ethnic Roma applicants.
> The Czech visa requirement ended last year, but Immigration Minister Chris Alexander said at the time the Romanian and Bulgarian ones would remain because of continued concerns over human smuggling and organized criminal gangs.
* https://macleans.ca/news/canada/visa-obstacle-looms-as-harpe...
Starting in 2025 Canadians will need to get an ETIAS:
> From 2025, Canadians will need to register with ETIAS to enter the Schengen Area, Cyprus, Bulgaria and Romania without a visa.
* https://www.etias.ca
The verbiage that ETIAS "is not a visa" is strong:
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Travel_Information_an...