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1,800 new Canadians poised to lose citizenship: Kenney' ` Z! |# O- O
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National Affairs Writer
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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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4 S5 H( U T8 I8 @; }7 m( D“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.$ S& i% M# g( z6 [$ V
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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., L7 R' n9 H! y
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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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They 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.$ H6 ]) w7 Q& U6 D0 d4 o
: C! G- s3 l( |' u: p3 E; Z* |' gMost were for reasons related to residence fraud, criminality and false identity, or concealing their involvement in war crimes., H R, O: x/ s
M; q# t. D( F+ W& R7 VSpeaking in Vancouver on Tuesday, Kenney said Ottawa is trying to discourage immigration fraud.0 m& H! k7 Z8 h
6 \0 f3 ~1 m. {$ o% ~“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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* g' H+ P& E) h6 i“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.; y3 ?( L% @; S4 ~ W0 f
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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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