No. 2.
March 8, 2017—Resuming debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator Omidvar, seconded by the Honourable Senator Gagné, for the third reading of Bill C-6, An Act to amend the Citizenship Act and to make consequential amendments to another Act, as amended.
And on the motion in amendment of the Honourable Senator Oh, seconded by the Honourable Senator Dagenais:
That Bill C-6, as amended, be not now read a third time, but that it be further amended in clause 1,
(a) on page 1, by replacing lines 4 and 5 with the following:
“1 (0.1) Paragraph 5(1)(b) of the Citizenship Act is repealed.
(1) The portion of paragraph 5(1)(c) of the Act before subparagraph (i) is replaced”;
(b)on page 2,
(i)by replacing line 4 with the following:
“(d) if 18 years of age or more but less than 60 years of age at the date of his or her ap-”,
(ii)by replacing line 7 with the following:
“(e) if 18 years of age or more but less than 60 years of age at the date of his or her ap-”, and
(iii)by adding after line 26 the following:
“(7.1) Section 5 of the Act is amended by adding the following after subsection (1.03):
(1.04) When the application referred to in paragraph (1)(a) is in respect of a minor, it must be
(a) made by either parent, by a legal or de facto guardian or by any other person having custody of the minor, whether by virtue of an order of a court of competent jurisdiction, a written agreement or the operation of law; and
(b) countersigned by the minor, if the minor has attained the age of 14 years on or before the day on which the application is made and is not prevented from understanding the significance of the application because of a mental disability.
(1.05) If the Minister waives the requirement set out in paragraph (1.04)(a) under subparagraph (3)(b)(v), the application referred to paragraph (1)(a) may be made by the minor.”;
(c)on page 3, by replacing lines 2 and 3 with the following:
“repealing subparagraphs (i) and (iii), by adding “or” at the end of subparagraph (iv), and by adding the following after subparagraph (iv):
(v) the requirement respecting who may make an application in respect of a minor set out in paragraph (1.04)(a).”; and
(d) on page 6, by adding the following after line 38:
“17.1 Until the day on which subsection 1(6) comes into force, paragraphs 5(1)(d) and (e) of the Citizenship Act are replaced by the following:
(d) if 18 years of age or more but less than 65 years of age at the date of his or her application, has an adequate knowledge of one of the official languages of Canada;
(e) if 18 years of age or more but less than 65 years of age at the date of his or her application, demonstrates in one of the official languages of Canada that he or she has an adequate knowledge of Canada and of the responsibilities and privileges of citizenship; and”.
