The minister has put in place a public policy that allows Border Services officers who encounter.... Let's use your example of an American with a DUI who is at the port of entry. If such a situation arises and the individual is determined to be inadmissible by virtue of that offence, subject to certain requirements—that they have not done jail time and that there was no significant harm as a result of their infraction—what the public policy allows is that the individual will receive a temporary resident permit to enter Canada to overcome their inadmissibility, but the fee for the permit, which is $200, is waived one time only.
The individuals are then counselled that if they wish to return to Canada, until deemed rehabilitation can take place—which is 10 years, I believe, for that type of offence—they would then need to be documented with a TRP and they would have to pay the fee. It does facilitate some of that last-minute issue that arises, particularly at remote ports, when people are making trips, say, to northern Ontario.