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1,800 new Canadians poised to lose citizenship: Kenney6 [7 k% B6 s- ?8 y: b
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! X/ D# C+ M; p0 a* LNational Affairs Writer # k$ P! F0 d1 l/ q
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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.+ Y6 u8 J# M4 H5 a9 A
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“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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3 v5 \, p% i( u! w- o) Y$ dKenney 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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0 v8 I' o$ q# ^9 z0 qThe 1,800 were identified following a three-year investigation by the RCMP, other police forces and Citizenship and Immigration Canada.3 `0 ~9 o8 o+ P0 j1 _0 y+ h+ ]
( x4 [5 `4 s% K/ @% F$ f; v“By the way, we are not done with our investigation” Kenney said, noting that many of the accused live outside the country.- a, s- A# R U1 u! o' K1 R
3 L$ u! A: h H1 g) Q: |% NThey can challenge the decision in Federal Court. If not, Cabinet will move to revoke their citizenship.
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Citizenship revocation is relatively uncommon in Canada with only 63 people being stripped of their citizenship since 1977, Kenney said." V: m& C$ P1 Z, |7 Q0 Q z8 M# r
/ `. Q, Q, a, J) M% N- LMost were for reasons related to residence fraud, criminality and false identity, or concealing their involvement in war crimes.
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% C- j/ j" j* C/ d' o. iSpeaking in Vancouver on Tuesday, Kenney said Ottawa is trying to discourage immigration fraud.3 g" }; P6 x* D" J$ b
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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.
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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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