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1,800 new Canadians poised to lose citizenship: Kenney
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% u, q! k3 Z Z# N1 PRichard J. Brennan
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8 q" a+ @& I0 o/ G- y* S. K; i# KImmigration Minister Jason Kenney confirmed Wednesday that as many as 1,800 new Canadians could be stripped of their citizenship because they were obtained fraudulently.1 n6 v% M+ _2 i" w
/ X" I! D& d3 g, e- }6 Q. ?“We are in the process of notifying them that we will be revoking their citizenship because Canadian citizenship is not for sale,” Kenney told the Economic Club of Canada.
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Kenney said some of the individuals are believed to have used “unscrupulous” immigration consultants who submitted fraudulent applications on behalf of people who did not meet the qualifications for citizenship.
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8 L' q1 p4 t2 K' NThe 1,800 were identified following a three-year investigation by the RCMP, other police forces and Citizenship and Immigration Canada.
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“By the way, we are not done with our investigation” Kenney said, noting that many of the accused live outside the country., ?8 v' T3 u2 A! F
% D& Q k" E* uThey can challenge the decision in Federal Court. If not, Cabinet will move to revoke their citizenship.' S1 d& S* Q, g, I" I
% M9 z2 t3 ] g1 P+ ?& mCitizenship revocation is relatively uncommon in Canada with only 63 people being stripped of their citizenship since 1977, Kenney said.+ G: d" i# I5 O5 v7 t/ O
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Most were for reasons related to residence fraud, criminality and false identity, or concealing their involvement in war crimes.1 C+ g, ^$ p" a }! V
/ Y1 C, P- a$ ?8 K' fSpeaking in Vancouver on Tuesday, Kenney said Ottawa is trying to discourage immigration fraud." j9 O* L% T1 W* n, [
( V, _& `( x% E% T% V“For those who simply touch down and try to get a Canadian passport as a … passport of convenience, who don’t pay our taxes but who do consume our social benefits, I think that’s dishonourable,” he told reporters after delivering a speech to the Vancouver Board of Trade.+ s6 D4 p1 v1 F& T6 U7 B. a' f6 h
! ?- t; z% }2 [$ v“There are many ways that we are combating immigration fraud and abuse of our generosity, whether it is from [bogus] asylum claimants, crooked immigration consultants, people smugglers [or] people who are abusing our citizenship program,” he said.- w" z: o5 {- t+ s- ]: j- d
9 q2 Y( ]# i' f3 u1 lKenney also announced that Canada will soon be introducing multi-year visas for low-risk visitors from around the world that will last 10 years. |
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