M. Grégoire

Did Canada really pass a law making at least ten million more people into citizens, without even a background check? I don't recall much debate about this last year; seems to me we should have given this some study.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/bill-c-3-canadian-citizenship-by-descent-american-interest-9.7112724

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/jamie-sarkonak-bill-c-3-the-liberal-gateway-to-making-canada-the-51st-state

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Millions of Americans can now claim Canadian citizenship by descent. But they have to prove it | CBC News

Amid rising tensions in the United States and increased global volatility, many Americans are looking to Canada — and their roots — for a possible way out following recent changes to Canada’s citizenship rules.

CBC
Apr 7 at 10:25amWeb
Show threadM. Grégoire16h ago

As I understand the articles, the new citizenship law does not say that anyone with Canadian ancestry has a right to Canadian citizenship with certain hoops they must jump through; but that such persons *are* Canadian citizens, and they merely need to prove their ancestry to have full rights. That seems to me like an important difference.

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Show threadJon Bosak13h ago
@mpjgregoire Look on the bright side: the people claiming their Canadian citizenship will be the smartest ones. A net benefit to your, or rather our, demographic profile.
Show threadM. Grégoire12h ago

@bosak Could be. This law might have quite positive effects on net. Or maybe we'll have thousands of sick Americans crowding our ERs. Or maybe basically nothing will happen.

It seems that at a stroke we've increased the number of Canadian citizens by 25%, and become a country with 20% of its citizens living abroad. And yet I don't remember any serious discussions of this bill, despite its enormous ramifications.

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Show thread🇨🇦 Maverick ✊🇲🇲🇺🇦🇻🇪🇬🇱13h ago
@mpjgregoire @NMBA Wow. The National Post is pure garbage. Misleading, propagandistic, fear-mongering. Absolute shit. No wonder I blocked it years ago. Thanks for the reminder! (1/2)
Show thread🇨🇦 Maverick ✊🇲🇲🇺🇦🇻🇪🇬🇱13h ago
As for the issue at hand, this does not “grant” anyone citizenship. No right to vote. No terrorists roaming the streets. It allows *qualifying people* to *apply* for Canadian citizenship. As someone with experience trying to bring deserving people to Canada, I can tell you the process is NOT GUARANTEED, and NOT EASY. The myth that it’s easy for foreigners to move to Canada is right-wing propaganda. It’s dam near impossible for most people. (2/2)
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Show threadM. Grégoire12h ago

I frequently link to articles from the #NationalPost, @maverick604 , but I almost always tag them (sometimes my character limit doesn't allow that), so I suggest you block that tag if you don't want even to see links to that paper.

But to the substance of your reply, I understood the #CBC article also as saying that people with Canadian ancestry had become citizens, not that they could apply. I hope I'm not spreading a misunderstanding. Could you please send me a link for correction?

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Show threadM. Grégoire1h ago

@maverick604
Maybe I'm wrong, but I think the examples from https://immigration.ca/claiming-canadian-citizenship-by-descent-under-canadas-new-citizenship-act-bill-c-3/ show that one is automatically a Canadian citizen if one's great-grandparent was a Canadian citizen, even if the family has lived abroad since then.

"The individuals targeted by Bill C-3, are not applying for a “grant” of citizenship that has an expiration date. Instead, an applicant is applying for “proof of citizenship” [...] for a status that the law now recognizes the claimant has held since birth."

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How to Claim Canadian Citizenship by Descent Under Canada’s New Citizenship Act Bill C-3 - Canada Immigration and Visa Information. Canadian Immigration Services and Free Online Evaluation.

Learn how Canada’s new Bill C-3 restores citizenship by descent, removes the first-generation limit, and allows multigenerational claims for those born abroad.

Canada Immigration and Visa Information. Canadian Immigration Services and Free Online Evaluation.