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1,800 new Canadians poised to lose citizenship: Kenney1 ]8 q- h* U+ }8 e; h
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, l6 [$ v& Z% E9 L( t2 FImmigration 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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; t$ w5 t8 r; R6 U+ h* W9 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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]6 N8 R7 i* r* E# \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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" x1 C M$ j9 [% z$ w“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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They can challenge the decision in Federal Court. If not, Cabinet will move to revoke their citizenship.
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: S/ v8 ?; ^# z. |Citizenship revocation is relatively uncommon in Canada with only 63 people being stripped of their citizenship since 1977, Kenney said., O- e! O0 p. Y- r2 `, M
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Most were for reasons related to residence fraud, criminality and false identity, or concealing their involvement in war crimes.
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* ^/ T W, a3 G7 k' i3 tSpeaking in Vancouver on Tuesday, Kenney said Ottawa is trying to discourage immigration fraud.
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6 o9 G0 _: I( n“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.0 ^& G2 k4 H) r3 \
- B/ `, |: E) L$ n8 I4 _“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.( T8 {# `# v9 o
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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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