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1,800 new Canadians poised to lose citizenship: Kenney6 W- _0 f) }4 f+ c! m5 g) Z
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) K& E$ _1 I) n5 ZImmigration 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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1 Q ?2 g- V9 R6 j! o h8 h“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.$ W8 ^5 L9 f/ `, O
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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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8 q8 D; r) \& _The 1,800 were identified following a three-year investigation by the RCMP, other police forces and Citizenship and Immigration Canada.6 {: U2 b/ i8 U; `, \, }% r
/ j) N9 d8 [( C% w: [$ t3 K: C7 r8 u“By the way, we are not done with our investigation” Kenney said, noting that many of the accused live outside the country.4 h( Q- w) }$ B# |, K) T- {# p8 c
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They can challenge the decision in Federal Court. If not, Cabinet will move to revoke their citizenship.# p T' U$ l% Z
2 c: ~ X- }, @1 n+ rCitizenship revocation is relatively uncommon in Canada with only 63 people being stripped of their citizenship since 1977, Kenney said.
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, w) B+ o! }8 R! Q1 Z, dMost were for reasons related to residence fraud, criminality and false identity, or concealing their involvement in war crimes.
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Speaking in Vancouver on Tuesday, Kenney said Ottawa is trying to discourage immigration fraud.- p1 k/ T$ K8 z
$ {4 I6 S/ j% P3 Y; z: U“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.( O1 d/ f% W% }; @5 K& g; @) s: s9 A
9 j8 x3 I U: B5 uKenney 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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