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1,800 new Canadians poised to lose citizenship: Kenney/ `) X9 U+ A6 j# v7 z4 O9 j, P) [
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Richard J. Brennan
' K% V- n* ~( K9 T5 g }National Affairs Writer
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Immigration 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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1 v( R4 b7 I$ N+ g8 a' p& K“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., k& j8 J ~5 y g
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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./ a9 D0 X# B: W" G }/ y
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“By the way, we are not done with our investigation” Kenney said, noting that many of the accused live outside the country. n2 s4 L) |6 U9 }
0 e) P& r" L; q, I) E& PThey can challenge the decision in Federal Court. If not, Cabinet will move to revoke their citizenship.9 ^" M6 u# |' D* S+ N' j( o
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Citizenship revocation is relatively uncommon in Canada with only 63 people being stripped of their citizenship since 1977, Kenney said.) s0 z2 V2 |/ o+ u* o
+ J, [- P- n$ ]% w) AMost were for reasons related to residence fraud, criminality and false identity, or concealing their involvement in war crimes.
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Speaking in Vancouver on Tuesday, Kenney said Ottawa is trying to discourage immigration fraud.
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- ?7 U/ F1 `$ H1 C2 Y“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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