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1,800 new Canadians poised to lose citizenship: Kenney1 M$ w# g# i: @* K, f
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- U3 ]& s" C- q/ f6 GImmigration 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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% l' H! T( x- |9 t" m G% e“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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N7 K5 Q1 N" T+ VKenney 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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$ D! J8 b7 k5 I) YThe 1,800 were identified following a three-year investigation by the RCMP, other police forces and Citizenship and Immigration Canada.. U3 H) D/ F) c; O: g
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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.% Q E5 y! j- ^
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They can challenge the decision in Federal Court. If not, Cabinet will move to revoke their citizenship.
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6 E7 a B5 ^0 J4 {3 aCitizenship revocation is relatively uncommon in Canada with only 63 people being stripped of their citizenship since 1977, Kenney said.
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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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Speaking in Vancouver on Tuesday, Kenney said Ottawa is trying to discourage immigration fraud.+ t4 y5 Y+ ^+ P$ u, z& \) z0 r* J
/ w* m) h0 u/ p/ X8 I0 x5 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. O) g) v+ E9 ]& f+ C' V! ?( S6 R
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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., y. ]2 }# I, [, {* p R
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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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