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1,800 new Canadians poised to lose citizenship: Kenney; n) S$ M! K6 O; \1 c( W8 @
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Richard J. Brennan
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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.
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2 n% J0 U* r' A" {“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.4 I- ]3 |; M4 K- ?5 Z: r6 l( p
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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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The 1,800 were identified following a three-year investigation by the RCMP, other police forces and Citizenship and Immigration Canada., S* W: I9 T! }# K
" v# _7 f1 T9 ~8 ]( z8 c$ b7 j“By the way, we are not done with our investigation” Kenney said, noting that many of the accused live outside the country.& @7 W0 a Z/ `1 B/ y4 p' \
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They can challenge the decision in Federal Court. If not, Cabinet will move to revoke their citizenship." i) n: q: m4 }
/ v3 ~/ g/ r, a4 ?$ ]Citizenship revocation is relatively uncommon in Canada with only 63 people being stripped of their citizenship since 1977, Kenney said.- W+ S- _' p: p2 N0 h/ g: C
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Most were for reasons related to residence fraud, criminality and false identity, or concealing their involvement in war crimes.9 l, _ s' b+ d( H, d# f. n
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Speaking in Vancouver on Tuesday, Kenney said Ottawa is trying to discourage immigration fraud.. s' Z/ ~2 }4 z. I
- z& n7 x3 D8 Y7 C7 K“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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2 E7 ?0 }/ _" h“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 N% s# w& T9 ^7 F9 E- O
; k- L$ M/ M2 \, U3 dKenney 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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