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1,800 new Canadians poised to lose citizenship: Kenney' j$ I& O. [% w2 ^( R" i! }& Y
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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.' N" H8 z: Y0 U2 J7 z" z2 w! U
$ f! ]7 C8 }! B# A1 p0 Q3 M: d“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.6 A' M% E5 H5 I
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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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, U5 y4 } \+ e$ j R: dThe 1,800 were identified following a three-year investigation by the RCMP, other police forces and Citizenship and Immigration Canada.
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u4 n1 R9 p3 y; I5 M z" K( D“By the way, we are not done with our investigation” Kenney said, noting that many of the accused live outside the country.
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" R w' Y+ K8 L3 T( v! ^: ~( FThey 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." _' \7 A" J' _ Q0 ?3 A
- Y2 A% H8 e$ Y8 I' [' FMost were for reasons related to residence fraud, criminality and false identity, or concealing their involvement in war crimes.' D9 y) \) f: o. m, F4 c8 N7 b
3 S0 p/ h6 \. s% ^ J: O9 [8 f3 @% lSpeaking in Vancouver on Tuesday, Kenney said Ottawa is trying to discourage immigration fraud.
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) O. R0 u1 `) y* t: f# E3 y- K+ j) D8 A“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.) U; O7 v+ B* V( y3 V( z
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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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/ ?! M6 W) q* L6 _- C( d+ u, C) aKenney 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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