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1,800 new Canadians poised to lose citizenship: Kenney0 ^$ ^; w; `! d6 J
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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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2 n) O" ~$ T% C0 H* E" _“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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5 m% W0 q; R l$ aThe 1,800 were identified following a three-year investigation by the RCMP, other police forces and Citizenship and Immigration Canada.! l# L+ g0 n7 E3 b
" O" U# t+ p( b' y1 y; l“By the way, we are not done with our investigation” Kenney said, noting that many of the accused live outside the country." { N; X7 N' ]1 L" t% {8 G, _
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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.
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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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- @9 G/ x4 E2 K0 nSpeaking in Vancouver on Tuesday, Kenney said Ottawa is trying to discourage immigration fraud. B% l0 ?8 M2 W0 _; X) l: k7 g
; B: K7 H9 X; x“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.9 ~4 Z- d( v1 a$ ]5 L2 p# A: @
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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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1 M* M3 t' `+ ]8 U8 c* rKenney 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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