What I am getting at here, Mr. Dosanjh, is if Parliament were to give more weight to the parents' duration of residence than to the person's place of birth, the problem you identified would no longer be an issue. If we were to say to a Canadian parent who had lived in Canada for 10 years that they could automatically pass on their citizenship to their child by descent, the issues of where they were born, where they gave birth, whether they were serving in the armed forces or working for a government department—all of those issues—would instantly be settled. A Canadian citizen, who had spent, let's say, 10 years in Canada would be able to pass on their citizenship to their child by descent. That would solve the problem, would it not?
On December 8th, 2010. See this statement in context.