Dual Citizenship - Bill C-24

[patrick91]

There have probably already been threads about this as I think it is old news, so I'm sorry if this is a repeat.

I recently became a dual citizen with the US, now hold Canadian and US citizenship. I was born in Canada, my parents were, grandparents, etc. I recently read an article about this thing called bill C-24, in which it basically said that an immigration officer has the discretion to revoke the citizenship of any person who is a dual citizen under certain circumstances, effectively creating a "second class citizen" type of Canadian citizenship. Without right to a trial or anything.

I know those circumstances are extreme, but why should an immigration officer have the right to revoke a persons citizenship based on anything? I took citizenship to mean more than that.. I feel like it destroys the integrity. What if a person was wrongly accused of a crime and had their citizenship revoked? Aside from the act of obtaining citizenship through fraud.. It should not be revocable. Shouldn't any Canadian citizen, dual or not, be subject to the same rules and laws of every other Canadian citizen? Just my two cents.

 

[sistemc]

Was it written on the internet?

So it must be true.

 

[patrick91]

If you've never heard about it, here is an article and discusses it:

https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/what-dual-citizens-need-to-know-about-bill-c-24-the-new-citizenship-law-1.2426968

 

[3bdcanada]

There have probably already been threads about this as I think it is old news, so I'm sorry if this is a repeat.

I recently became a dual citizen with the US, now hold Canadian and US citizenship. I was born in Canada, my parents were, grandparents, etc. I recently read an article about this thing called bill C-24, in which it basically said that an immigration officer has the discretion to revoke the citizenship of any person who is a dual citizen under certain circumstances, effectively creating a "second class citizen" type of Canadian citizenship. Without right to a trial or anything.

I know those circumstances are extreme, but why should an immigration officer have the right to revoke a persons citizenship based on anything? I took citizenship to mean more than that.. I feel like it destroys the integrity. What if a person was wrongly accused of a crime and had their citizenship revoked? Aside from the act of obtaining citizenship through fraud.. It should not be revocable. Shouldn't any Canadian citizen, dual or not, be subject to the same rules and laws of every other Canadian citizen? Just my two cents.

C-24 two-tier citizenship has been repealed by a new law C-6 which became effective couple of years back. Just google "C-6" and you will get all the information you need.

 

[scylla]

If you've never heard about it, here is an article and discusses it:

https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/what-dual-citizens-need-to-know-about-bill-c-24-the-new-citizenship-law-1.2426968

Bill C-24 was repealed.

 

[patrick91]

Thanks!! That's really good to know. I just looked up C-6 and it says:

"This provision is repealed. Dual citizens living in Canada who are convicted of these crimes will face the Canadian justice system, like other Canadian citizens who break the law."

That's far more reasonable. I wonder what happens

 

[patrick91]

My post got cut off. I was going to say, I wonder what happens to Canadian citizens who live outside of Canada. Not saying I feel their citizenship should or shouldn't be revoked.

 

[FloydCan]

My post got cut off. I was going to say, I wonder what happens to Canadian citizens who live outside of Canada. Not saying I feel their citizenship should or shouldn't be revoked.

No one can say for sure. When the conservatives came into power, not many expected them to make profound changes to citizenship in bill C-24. So it will depend on the immigration policy of whoever wins the elections.