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1,800 new Canadians poised to lose citizenship: Kenney
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Richard J. Brennan
8 I% N% J5 q) uNational Affairs Writer
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3 r: r5 s# k8 Y5 ~. u" QImmigration Minister Jason Kenney confirmed Wednesday that as many as 1,800 new Canadians could be stripped of their citizenship because they were obtained fraudulently.
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/ ~ x3 s" x+ A f+ W& x) \ Y“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. p# E' s* o# C) X& T5 Q5 d3 n
/ [' k! v8 t' K, x5 D) s8 n/ g; 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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5 O' |7 y% O' F6 N“By the way, we are not done with our investigation” Kenney said, noting that many of the accused live outside the country.
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2 P% S' K& w+ C" f4 U4 MThey can challenge the decision in Federal Court. If not, Cabinet will move to revoke their citizenship.3 M* l4 Z2 M1 H# ]1 u" K! h
" r- F( F! p, c; hCitizenship revocation is relatively uncommon in Canada with only 63 people being stripped of their citizenship since 1977, Kenney said. [4 f& _2 Q& A' \$ S# Y; e
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Most were for reasons related to residence fraud, criminality and false identity, or concealing their involvement in war crimes.
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: S2 O" C2 l' \" b* F# f' }2 G( USpeaking in Vancouver on Tuesday, Kenney said Ottawa is trying to discourage immigration fraud.# @. {6 Y( g& a9 `' D2 R
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“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.7 Y5 B$ y2 E. T! E
5 K7 u1 g9 C( o0 Z9 [5 M! G) iKenney 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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