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1,800 new Canadians poised to lose citizenship: Kenney
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+ `* c5 K. G! n" [" v9 W2 @5 t+ w" s3 GRichard J. Brennan3 ]& }0 `: W% D2 A. ?5 x, o
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" S' @" Z5 d- {, ]' _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.
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“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 c4 _# K+ m" l! l' C7 P
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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.4 B; l9 q% P9 C- M4 i
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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.% h5 r- d6 V9 z9 @( w5 A
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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.. E9 D# T$ H/ O* m; E% f' h# E" x
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They can challenge the decision in Federal Court. If not, Cabinet will move to revoke their citizenship.. H- B# D9 `) a3 |; M0 G/ \, 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.
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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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) Q2 |% n( L6 J, S- x& a. oSpeaking in Vancouver on Tuesday, Kenney said Ottawa is trying to discourage immigration fraud.; V) b* t% g5 ~$ X1 u6 x
5 Y" }- @& a0 [+ W/ b" V“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.
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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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