As you said, Senator, I'm a naturalized Canadian from communist Poland. I know my dear friend from Calgary, just north of me—who's taking 40% of my riding—is a naturalized Canadian as well.
You talked about the fact that it's probably a few hundred people. There are varying numbers. The department said that approximately 130 individuals are affected by the 1977 act with retention requirements to receive a grant of citizenship through the Citizenship Act, subsection 5(4), as a discretionary grant. Since then, it could be a few hundred more.
We have another colleague, Robert Kitchen from Saskatchewan, who was one of the impacted Canadians. Thankfully, his grandfather told him this was going to be the case.
Do you think that, in this case, because it's a few hundred Canadians—some of whom may not know they have lost their citizenship—there's a sense of urgency in passing this bill as quickly as we can, before another election is potentially called?