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1,800 new Canadians poised to lose citizenship: Kenney
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9 [8 X9 u7 C' {& ^: ]$ e8 `7 O) QRichard 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.5 g1 ~ B3 O) I( ?
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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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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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" K0 `+ t. q, T' W/ ]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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2 {% w6 I7 l0 J {7 Y- j“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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They can challenge the decision in Federal Court. If not, Cabinet will move to revoke their citizenship.0 A: y/ }% J! ` T4 B: g
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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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3 ^; q0 T2 M3 F7 X; g) X$ z" O. n2 NMost were for reasons related to residence fraud, criminality and false identity, or concealing their involvement in war crimes.& C8 ^/ ^# `/ F% U- T) N
9 A, V- m l. q K: {5 |' f6 u6 c" [1 JSpeaking in Vancouver on Tuesday, Kenney said Ottawa is trying to discourage immigration fraud.
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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.% q3 c; O/ s* h5 F$ U0 q6 W
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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.$ ?: N* z2 i9 u8 [9 @: e' o9 @
! o! Y5 z. h4 P7 }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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