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1,800 new Canadians poised to lose citizenship: Kenney
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& R- K7 F% M, ORichard J. Brennan! E7 p- U6 M1 l! D$ r" o4 b
National Affairs Writer
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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.' _. A `: t6 Q* t! Z3 q8 @
1 Y) k) i8 s1 t% q8 h) ?: k/ t! f% f“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.
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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.+ T% O. _: d4 G) B1 y
$ ~ r" j: v" [“By the way, we are not done with our investigation” Kenney said, noting that many of the accused live outside the country.3 D- x7 d I- i7 I2 K
: }/ F* i$ h! N; o! K# c: CThey can challenge the decision in Federal Court. If not, Cabinet will move to revoke their citizenship.2 G, h0 }$ r3 K% K9 c- b
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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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9 `& w- V5 P3 N( ]5 UMost were for reasons related to residence fraud, criminality and false identity, or concealing their involvement in war crimes.
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/ [9 I* F. e, k; V6 e+ Z. }, YSpeaking in Vancouver on Tuesday, Kenney said Ottawa is trying to discourage immigration fraud.
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“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.; Z6 M5 u2 C! e; }, m0 J z( T/ M
" C9 S2 U* ?& ]; v/ v$ u5 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.6 D O/ F( \9 w( \
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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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