You used the word “can't” be a citizen by grant and by right at the same time. Is it “can't”? In the Citizenship Act, as far as I know, I don't think it says that. Is it just the interpretation of the department that you can't have it both ways? There are only two ways to get citizenship rights, so is that the problem?
The act doesn't say you can't get it by either way. It just seems that it would cause confusion. Nobody is going to go to court to fight this out, or a government department wouldn't deny someone a service or the right to a pension because they got it by grant versus by right, except for the timelines. I understand the latter part. Is the issue just the timelines?
I can't understand how you could find yourself as a Canadian citizen, having received citizenship through either path, with an issue in accessing a service or a government product provincially or federally. I'm trying to understand where the issue would be, because I don't see that in the act or in any other sections of the total amendment.
I don't see where that issue is. I'm trying to understand whether to vote for or against the subamendment.