I couldn't disagree with you more. There are some very strange outcomes as a result of the 1947 act. I use the word “archaic”. The 1947 act had a number of very bizarre provisions whereby individuals lost their citizenship, not because of anything they had done, not because they wanted to lose their citizenship. Nevertheless, that was the will of Parliament in the late 1940s, that individuals such as Mr. Chapman, who were born in Canada, would lose their citizenship if certain actions were taken. At the time, I can only presume, Parliament had the feeling that that was appropriate.
On May 2nd, 2007. See this statement in context.