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1,800 new Canadians poised to lose citizenship: Kenney0 B* P( L8 h; U7 ]2 u
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Richard J. Brennan
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& W8 t* {4 ~. q& GImmigration 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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& o& X- f! b+ h! X" N( y“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; Y6 N9 Q* N \/ v" U
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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.- A: l; I6 H2 M4 I# A' p) U
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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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“By the way, we are not done with our investigation” Kenney said, noting that many of the accused live outside the country.: e1 C. q1 f- }3 L
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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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+ ~3 P$ x( p0 c" @% n- lCitizenship 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., s' a. c* c- R. }' X5 h& D r
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Speaking in Vancouver on Tuesday, Kenney said Ottawa is trying to discourage immigration fraud.
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; B. A2 s3 U/ 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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“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.' ]7 M" L" u. o& `% ]( _$ @
# o7 S3 R- i: t9 N& PKenney 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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