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1,800 new Canadians poised to lose citizenship: Kenney: E7 m& J& k( R4 U
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Richard J. Brennan# `) k5 Q5 U$ g6 Q
National Affairs Writer
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4 b3 S! b. B! V) sImmigration Minister Jason Kenney confirmed Wednesday that as many as 1,800 new Canadians could be stripped of their citizenship because they were obtained fraudulently.
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8 J, g/ x" H* n8 e' U“We are in the process of notifying them that we will be revoking their citizenship because Canadian citizenship is not for sale,” Kenney told the Economic Club of Canada.
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Kenney said some of the individuals are believed to have used “unscrupulous” immigration consultants who submitted fraudulent applications on behalf of people who did not meet the qualifications for citizenship.
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The 1,800 were identified following a three-year investigation by the RCMP, other police forces and Citizenship and Immigration Canada.
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) z$ h: p5 q* L* k) A1 s“By the way, we are not done with our investigation” Kenney said, noting that many of the accused live outside the country.# ?0 K4 ^9 E7 b9 n/ k: i
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They can challenge the decision in Federal Court. If not, Cabinet will move to revoke their citizenship.
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Citizenship revocation is relatively uncommon in Canada with only 63 people being stripped of their citizenship since 1977, Kenney said." n$ u! J0 j' F
) W! c) ~9 ?4 j6 A/ I( [' xMost were for reasons related to residence fraud, criminality and false identity, or concealing their involvement in war crimes.- e: b, B- G/ s. j9 H
& k4 n* {6 z+ ?) Y l8 aSpeaking in Vancouver on Tuesday, Kenney said Ottawa is trying to discourage immigration fraud.
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D/ f2 E/ L1 P/ _4 T“For those who simply touch down and try to get a Canadian passport as a … passport of convenience, who don’t pay our taxes but who do consume our social benefits, I think that’s dishonourable,” he told reporters after delivering a speech to the Vancouver Board of Trade.
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“There are many ways that we are combating immigration fraud and abuse of our generosity, whether it is from [bogus] asylum claimants, crooked immigration consultants, people smugglers [or] people who are abusing our citizenship program,” he said.
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Kenney also announced that Canada will soon be introducing multi-year visas for low-risk visitors from around the world that will last 10 years. |
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