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I don't think so...especially if the sponsor is a Canadian citizen.

FS
 
What does it have to do with the sponsor being a citizen or not? The sponsor doesn't need police certificates, but CIC runs background checks on the sponsor themselves, as one of the conditions of being qualified as a sponsor is not to have criminal records. If there's a record, then it's a different story of how long after they can sponsor, etc.