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1,800 new Canadians poised to lose citizenship: Kenney! V* E$ Q& P7 |" V# M6 R( |
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Richard J. Brennan
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+ ]7 z7 l# @4 ]4 EImmigration Minister Jason Kenney confirmed Wednesday that as many as 1,800 new Canadians could be stripped of their citizenship because they were obtained fraudulently.$ S8 J4 F& p( N, z2 V/ G S
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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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) H+ }$ d) i2 L" T I5 F' j* r4 KKenney 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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1 `0 K2 ]" d: M5 d$ [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.1 c0 r: l! o- m' B/ u
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They can challenge the decision in Federal Court. If not, Cabinet will move to revoke their citizenship.2 o2 _7 r- y- M p9 U: {. }
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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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q& z+ s) Z6 m |$ R& y( c3 a; iMost were for reasons related to residence fraud, criminality and false identity, or concealing their involvement in war crimes.
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& w% c. G# i+ I5 j h2 JSpeaking in Vancouver on Tuesday, Kenney said Ottawa is trying to discourage immigration fraud.4 Y4 f+ ^8 y8 U0 e, ~# ]+ ?/ Y
# ?2 u( A' `) s0 s7 q9 `“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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* j: G5 Y. \% ]3 \“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., l2 Y9 d1 D4 P
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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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