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1,800 new Canadians poised to lose citizenship: Kenney
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# s3 y7 v- @( o3 gRichard J. Brennan
# M8 w" J" o9 d. E+ }National Affairs Writer
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' _6 N% \4 W' j# {Immigration Minister Jason Kenney confirmed Wednesday that as many as 1,800 new Canadians could be stripped of their citizenship because they were obtained fraudulently.9 E$ d' X) _* i: K3 R4 {
' x7 W3 p( H' @, F“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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! K9 C9 N3 A, jKenney 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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The 1,800 were identified following a three-year investigation by the RCMP, other police forces and Citizenship and Immigration Canada.0 ]9 P' x" j* ~4 ` P
, v/ u8 a! _# [: k$ D“By the way, we are not done with our investigation” Kenney said, noting that many of the accused live outside the country.: L9 i* ~2 O- Z0 A4 T
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They can challenge the decision in Federal Court. If not, Cabinet will move to revoke their citizenship., K7 T8 L4 l; r; h a- p/ R
% b& w. O' ^0 P6 m- M3 y$ ZCitizenship revocation is relatively uncommon in Canada with only 63 people being stripped of their citizenship since 1977, Kenney said.
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7 |7 ]# n9 S2 n5 U- ~Most were for reasons related to residence fraud, criminality and false identity, or concealing their involvement in war crimes.
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; M' k8 k# E# e, T0 ]& _Speaking in Vancouver on Tuesday, Kenney said Ottawa is trying to discourage immigration fraud.
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$ e! b6 h4 q$ y4 p+ A. H“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.
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“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.1 Z& s* g3 u/ M+ Q1 V( v
6 v+ g$ d& \; b0 \9 `2 S2 cKenney 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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