 
Government Challenged on Citizenship Revocation In the fall of 2005, the House of Commons Standing Committee on Citizenship & Immigration rebuffed the government on the revocation of citizenship. The government had proposed to add security grounds as a basis for revoking Canadian citizenship. In saying "no" to this proposal, the Committee said that the only basis for revoking citizenship should be misrepresentation in the original application. The Committee's position mirrored an earlier CCLA proposal made by Alexi Wood and articling student Motek Sherman. At that meeting, CCLA also criticized a government proposal to deny citizenship to immigrants charged with an offence in another country. According to Wood and Sherman, this could penalize people for heroic action against various dictatorships around the world. The government has stood firm. Recently it introduced a new bill that would withhold citizenship for any foreign charges, regardless of the merits. | CCLA In The Schools | Join Us | Feedback | Search | Other Interesting Sites | Home |
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