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1,800 new Canadians poised to lose citizenship: Kenney
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* A$ u9 ?9 o1 g! X3 X, cRichard J. Brennan, T, j% _2 }9 W: Q1 p0 ?
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* G# l6 S& n, h+ O6 e# \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.7 p5 j3 s/ b, K R
" b' T- t9 ]9 m! r' U. c“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.
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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.
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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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8 t0 n6 X- M5 i2 _7 z6 Q9 ~& kThey can challenge the decision in Federal Court. If not, Cabinet will move to revoke their citizenship.3 l) p' F! P: F$ C
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Citizenship 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.3 y4 [' d6 _+ v; ~
; q. l. O% {! _" e, W4 gSpeaking in Vancouver on Tuesday, Kenney said Ottawa is trying to discourage immigration fraud.
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* u0 W% T' }; _" s( D: ^“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." u+ n2 x9 [; n, s: I
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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.) m, j1 i T- `9 ^
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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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