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1,800 new Canadians poised to lose citizenship: Kenney" H: p6 E. O6 {$ l! \# l) z7 v
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Richard J. Brennan
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, w6 k6 O! ]" B. sImmigration 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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“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.& g% I9 p) O, t; C
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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.% U' }/ D2 c, Q
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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.! c2 O# t0 h" c) c0 o. ?& x- C
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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 J; o- J, r' o4 K1 ?) b6 x; ~1 @They can challenge the decision in Federal Court. If not, Cabinet will move to revoke their citizenship.: d$ z+ b. n: T! W8 D( l" ]4 T9 v
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Citizenship revocation is relatively uncommon in Canada with only 63 people being stripped of their citizenship since 1977, Kenney said.* U- ^- h$ [! B p
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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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. Y3 J0 n; I/ ~6 S3 g0 e0 D( f; bSpeaking in Vancouver on Tuesday, Kenney said Ottawa is trying to discourage immigration fraud.
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n/ k# E- D6 B- u0 z; q“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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