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1,800 new Canadians poised to lose citizenship: Kenney" H8 b1 a# W6 w3 |5 s
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Richard J. Brennan
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4 c- j- @. ~" ~/ u. H4 U7 nImmigration 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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" o. C' E* d H“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.1 j+ H4 b9 E; g0 c1 K
$ H7 J3 y5 U: h- V( ?9 BKenney 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.& a2 v- i7 Y1 w6 u
! g* }% A, @$ i9 g% mThe 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.
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' }) m0 d5 B3 Y2 ?% J$ K: [9 NThey can challenge the decision in Federal Court. If not, Cabinet will move to revoke their citizenship.4 d1 l2 ^- u0 i; s& X2 y8 r
! M d, o9 V8 V/ h/ ?Citizenship revocation is relatively uncommon in Canada with only 63 people being stripped of their citizenship since 1977, Kenney said.5 h' P3 _+ M8 `5 T+ b$ i# Q! w
- j8 C1 c: k0 K% M. B# ~6 K! X6 VMost were for reasons related to residence fraud, criminality and false identity, or concealing their involvement in war crimes./ p+ b3 ~7 R$ _& N
! h$ j% f" m. v1 Q. s9 k8 j# Y4 d6 PSpeaking in Vancouver on Tuesday, Kenney said Ottawa is trying to discourage immigration fraud.& d p5 s' B. u( a* m- G/ n/ u
( U1 Y1 H6 i Z“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.8 q8 i$ x3 A2 m+ n3 s
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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.
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/ N1 A0 O D ~Kenney 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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