On a similar issue, Mr. Goldberg, I read your statement of May 6, and I'll quote it for the record:
Citizenship is the bedrock of Canadian identity.... Especially for new Canadians, becoming a citizen means they have joined the Canadian family. Canada is their home. They and their families are full-fledged Canadians. Now there will be a question mark beside their citizenship status. A bureaucrat, not a judge but a bureaucrat, may now decide on very vague criteria that they are not really a member of the family. They can now be kicked out of the family for imputed intention. That weakens Canadian citizenship. It does not strengthen it.
My question is this. If a person who holds Canadian citizenship has committed an act of terrorism, not only committed but has been convicted of terrorism against his or her fellow citizens; has subscribed to a radical ideology, intentionally and knowingly, that seeks the destruction of the state of Canada and of democracy itself; and has murdered innocent civilians in an attempt to destabilize the state, are those really very vague criteria for stripping that person's citizenship?