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1,800 new Canadians poised to lose citizenship: Kenney# b$ E: F( j% X
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Richard J. Brennan% [* q! o, P$ p) f9 i( a
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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.5 } L- N& F' C
% m9 e+ `# D6 g# |# O9 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.
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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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7 j8 a6 N; {, }- l a% }: B“By the way, we are not done with our investigation” Kenney said, noting that many of the accused live outside the country., S- T- W7 t! B2 |8 Q
& |* ], O) a0 t, R9 VThey can challenge the decision in Federal Court. If not, Cabinet will move to revoke their citizenship.) {$ _5 M* c1 o# R
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Citizenship revocation is relatively uncommon in Canada with only 63 people being stripped of their citizenship since 1977, Kenney said.6 H7 y3 l5 q$ U. }& B
4 X" b% e. H% M7 I6 zMost were for reasons related to residence fraud, criminality and false identity, or concealing their involvement in war crimes.1 R3 B% A* c0 |9 `: c- P
/ B5 o" J: i- T0 K1 o8 iSpeaking in Vancouver on Tuesday, Kenney said Ottawa is trying to discourage immigration fraud.# e( ~6 [3 D1 y7 j
) D# E0 `; T! a- c“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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( [6 F$ j' L9 G& W: c- x“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./ d2 B7 A1 a$ s! `3 m0 {3 c9 Y
8 c* ]8 E9 P& W8 p; U. uKenney 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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