Bill C-71

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…s. I am so happy to work with the members from the Bloc and from the NDP, and we are hoping to make Bill C-71 legislation.

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…onal. I might suggest that fixing the problem would make the whole issue less unconstitutional, but Bill C-71 proposes to grant citizenship to individuals born abroad with at least one Canadian parent having spent 1,095 days in Canada, the equivalent of three years. At the same time, it fails to require thes…

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…th abnormally long processing times and malpractice. The NDP-Liberals took six months to respond to Bill C-71, showing a blatant lack of urgency, which they claim to have found today. This bill proposes to grant citizenship to individuals born abroad to at least one Canadian parent who has spent 1,095 days i…

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…e new flow of applications because it just does not know how many people would be eligible, through Bill C-71, for citizenship by descent. As the judge found in his own ruling, the reasons for charter non-compliance were not that there was an overall violation of it but that there was incompetence of the min…

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Madam Speaker, I thank the minister for bringing Bill C-71 to the floor. The New Democrats have fought for this ever since John McCallum. It has been more than a decade, at least for me, in this fight. With Bill C-71, the minister touched on the issue around…

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…le for citizenship by descent. How many people would be eligible for citizenship by descent through Bill C-71?

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moved that Bill C-71, An Act to amend the Citizenship Act (2024), be read the second time and referred to a committee. Mr. Speaker, as we return to the House, I want to begin by acknowledging that we are gathering today …

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…ifferent people for a common cause. Because I know what it means to be a Canadian, I cannot support Bill C-71, an act to amend the Citizenship Act, 2024. To me, this legislation devalues the idea of citizenship. It is as if the Liberals want to grant citizenship to tourists. I can see the advertising slogan …

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…in by thanking members in other parties, and in particular the Minister of Immigration for bringing Bill C-71 forward. The hon. member for Vancouver East has been tireless, as have many citizen champions, including, as mentioned by the minister, Don Chapman. The work to restore the rights to lost Canadians i…

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Madam Speaker, I am glad to be the first member of the official opposition to rise for Bill C-71. After hearing the minister speak, it tells me that he came here unprepared to deal with the substance of the legislation that he himself tabled in this House. First of all, I will debunk a bunch of …