jcsi said:
Think you are missing my point. It is obvious that not all member of this thread are prospective citizens of convenience. I'm all for people asking for updates, what I think is counterproductive is for participants to spread false information and speculate, thus, creating false hope to others. While Canada is a country that offers great freedoms, I dont think that shooting a parliament member with possible hundreds of emails is the way to go, but again, that is my opinion.
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if we compare with other developed nations , canada has had the most accessible program for citizenship . You used to live 3 years and you're fully citizen with all the rights and privileges , now it is 4 years , it will most likely at a certain point become 3 years . In the US , it's 5 years , Uk 5 , France 5 ( some people have been there for 20 years and still not naturalized due to complex process ) . We're better than any other immigrants else where . We chose to be there , WE applied .We knew what was going on here , some diplomas were not recognized , for example i even had as a british citizen passing english tests to enter certain school because i had a diploma from another european country because i immigrated here as a french citizen .We had to change our course of careers , our way to do things etc..
Even if we were "affected" by c24 , there's no way it affected my life here . If i'm in rush to get that passport , that'd mean i want to leave the country for a while .Wanting to be citizen to work for the government , noble , adding an extra wait is not going to kill , and plus it is a lengthy process already so .... I understand that every single one has its own reasons . Family purposes , there's no restriction to traveling back and forth home . I knew a lot of people that came with high expectations,business people ,highly skilled individuals , from different part of the world , and they decided to go back home or moved somewhere else where they got better opportunities .They couldn't stand to stay one extra day here nor even thinking about getting that citizenship. So at a certain point , we all control our lives , we all struggled at different levels and at the end of the day ,becoming citizen will be the cherry on the cake among all the victories/ losses , therefore be something you can be proud of as a personal accomplishment , but other than freedom of travel ,voting and accessing certain government jobs , canadian citizenship won't change the way you're living right now or get a salary increase for example or having the right to buy a land etc.... There's no way we should be affected by this , continue our lives , when it happens , we will be the first to know and we will apply .
And honestly , harassing them with emails and petitions won't work , they won't care . They are not elected by people. Plus , people are mainly talking about that 3/5 rule , applying under 4/6 is not violating any charters or laws .. the reason we should be talking about is the revocation clause which triggers constitutional issues ..but whenever they see that , if ever they open it , people are just asking to apply faster .I could bet some money that it wouldn't bother a lot to apply and still have that revocation thing on. That'll give them more credibility on the citizen of convenience topic .
I wouldn't place much hope on that new minister , immigrants are always the toughest among each other ( remember those conservatives members in the HoC and senate ) and plus he has to prove that he is acting neutrally and for canada's interest . We could be surprised , who knows eh ?