The minister did make the point earlier that for any overseas terrorism conviction where a five-year sentence or more has been imposed and the person is a dual citizen, which may give rise to revocation consideration, the department will have to do a two-step equivalent process. First of all, there would be a check to see whether the foreign offence is equivalent to a Canadian Criminal Code offence. If it's not, then we wouldn't be proceeding. If it is equivalent, then the second part of the assessment would be done based on the credible evidence available, which would look at if there are any concerns about the fairness of the process by which the conviction was achieved. If there are concerns about the independence of the judiciary or about a political prosecution, that evidence would be before the decision-maker, and he or she could make the reasonable decision not to proceed.
On April 28th, 2014. See this statement in context.