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1,800 new Canadians poised to lose citizenship: Kenney: z- Z1 z4 [: e9 J( {4 X% i
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9 R2 h' k' C7 E; zImmigration 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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; B3 ?) m9 M6 o' }, j: r" W“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.' `% P" |0 K& 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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6 f; s1 f8 G0 }, p; L6 U5 n$ K4 c7 xThe 1,800 were identified following a three-year investigation by the RCMP, other police forces and Citizenship and Immigration Canada.4 w5 Y8 l9 n8 i0 d$ J; d
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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.
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7 W1 {8 c# r H# ?( o, D- zThey can challenge the decision in Federal Court. If not, Cabinet will move to revoke their citizenship./ s, V5 Z1 t0 \1 `
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Citizenship revocation is relatively uncommon in Canada with only 63 people being stripped of their citizenship since 1977, Kenney said.
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Most were for reasons related to residence fraud, criminality and false identity, or concealing their involvement in war crimes.$ j7 X. r, J7 h: @2 Y9 U% ?
- \; w/ ], e' c) F# K! p( {Speaking in Vancouver on Tuesday, Kenney said Ottawa is trying to discourage immigration fraud.
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0 U$ u- O; U! P( w6 N2 z“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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+ E, r6 x& |! j“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.1 w1 c* S+ G: O6 I
0 _: f5 O, w, K2 n- ?2 ^! VKenney 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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