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Policy

‘Delayed Citizens’ Escape Campaign Attention

Fatima Syed October 17, 2015 No Comments Bill C24 Canadian Citizenship Citizenship Citizenship and Immigration Canada Federal Election federal elections immigrants NCM Election Desk Newcomers Strengthening Canadian Citizenship Act

While citizenship, immigration and refugee policy have been major issues in the current election campaign, not much has been said about the three-fold increase in…

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Politics

Expat Voting Ban: ‘Troubling’ Trend in Canadian Citizenship

Abbas Kassam July 31, 2015 No Comments Bill C24 Canadian Canadian Citizenship Conservative Government Expats Federal Election Ontario Court of Appeal Passport SecondClass Citizen Supreme Court of Canada Voting

The Conservative government’s support of a ban preventing long-term expats from voting in the federal elections is not surprising, say Canadian academics. University of Ottawa…

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Commentary

Strengthening Canadian Citizenship: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

Will Tao June 15, 2015 No Comments Bill C24 Canadian Citizenship Canadian Citizenship Act

Early last week, the Government of Canada enacted the remaining amendments to the Citizenship Act resulting from the Strengthening Canadian Citizenship Act (‘C-24’), first introduced…

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