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1,800 new Canadians poised to lose citizenship: Kenney2 H0 H; d" `+ u* i+ I2 U) f
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Richard J. Brennan! A; a2 v) i! q$ x+ u& m5 q
National Affairs Writer
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$ `$ c$ `" a# W& ?8 ^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.% X6 V8 d3 C$ _( ~ p
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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.
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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.* e7 g' n' W( 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.0 W$ p2 v* {+ f2 t) s1 ]( }1 X
% F. [1 D0 q! {& S& |) [“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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4 e' ^6 u* x+ M7 d* @1 l. e0 `They can challenge the decision in Federal Court. If not, Cabinet will move to revoke their citizenship.5 F0 h# S/ q# A) `
2 g9 }! T/ \5 S; wCitizenship revocation is relatively uncommon in Canada with only 63 people being stripped of their citizenship since 1977, Kenney said.4 V1 m i9 [: \+ \
! N$ v/ N: S4 H t0 DMost were for reasons related to residence fraud, criminality and false identity, or concealing their involvement in war crimes.% @% @" Z& k8 e( K6 x
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Speaking in Vancouver on Tuesday, Kenney said Ottawa is trying to discourage immigration fraud.+ l% u5 Z' X$ `) W k
Z4 }3 m ~- I R6 F“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., s+ l: i/ L2 e. Q
* l$ h; `0 J+ B3 H& K0 @) e" H- M“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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% z' c/ O' L8 f7 a: U& F2 g! ]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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