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I think you are 100% right. "Intent to reside" clause will create two tier citizens. Canadian citizens by birth or who get their citizenship before this bill passes will have the right for mobility. They can leave Canada and come back without giving an "intent to reside" promise. There are lots...

I think it is also important to talk about the feasibility of the government plan to reduce the citizenship processing time to less than 1 year. I saw it all over the news and they use this argument to proceed with the bill. As opposition leader mention on Feb. 6 on CBC, considering the track...

I think we can publicize the shortcomings of the bill and we can do that by contacting MPs and media. I searched a little on the internet, but I could not find anything about foreign NHL players and how they will be affected.

People who will be affected twice as much by the proposed bill (Poster: meyakanor): The four major groups that will get affected the most by this provision (eliminating non-PR days for citizenship purposes): 1. Former foreign workers who applied under: - CEC (1 year working full-time in...

I created this thread, so we can take collective actions to make sure there will be some amendments in the citizenship act bill to make it more efficient. I am concerned about 1- increasing the residence requirements to 4 out of 6 years and 2- eliminating the time spent in Canada before PR. I...

The media talks about increasing the residency requirement to 4 out of 6 (currently 3 out of 4). The part which seems missing in the news is that under the proposed bill the time spent in Canada before becoming PR will not count towards citizenship requirement. So, People who lived in Canada...

Alex, students who applied under Quebec Skilled Worker or PhD stream will also be affected like temporary workers. They lived in Canada several years under study permit and then they became PR. They also filed tax return and integrated in the society during their study.

The media talks about increasing the residency requirement to 4 out of 6 (currently 3 out of 4). The part which seems missing in the news is that under the proposed bill the time spent in Canada before becoming PR will not count towards citizenship requirement. So, People who lived in Canada...