flamingteeth said:
Just a speculation, if the law is on on July 1st 2016, the residence requirement will be changed back to the old one immediately?
no, it wont be effective immediately it says below that Clause27(1) to 4 will come to force when ordered by the Governor in Council, but the others will come into force immediately upon receiving royal assent.
http://www.lop.parl.gc.ca/About/Parliament/LegislativeSummaries/bills_ls.asp?Language=E&ls=C6&Mode=1&Parl=42&Ses=1&source=library_prb
2.5 Coming into Force (Clause 27)
Clause 27 provides four separate occasions on which the Governor in Council will order certain clauses to come into force:
Clause 27(1) refers to the provisions that deal with status and physical presence in Canada contained in clauses 1(1), 1(3), 1(7) and 8.
Clause 27(2) regroups clauses 1(2) and 1(4), which reflect the change in the required period of time in Canada of three years over five years.
Clause 27(3) refers to the new age applicability for the citizenship grant requirements of demonstrating knowledge of an official language and knowledge of Canada.
Clause 27(4) has a separate coming-into-force day for the provisions related to the new power of seizing documents.
All other clauses will come into force upon Royal Assent. These include the clauses stipulating that the intention to reside in Canada will no longer be a requirement for the granting of citizenship and that the only ground for revocation of citizenship will be fraud. The consequential amendments to the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act will also come into force upon Royal Asse