As I was saying with respect to dual citizenship, I would like to be given specific cases where Canadian citizenship took precedence. When an offence is committed in the person's country of origin and, I could go even further and say, even if no offence is committed—here I'm referring to cases involving divorce or relations between the husband and wife—again it's the man who holds the dominant position in certain countries. Women can end up having their children taken away from them. This doesn't even have to do with actual offences; it has to do with civil rights. It's fundamental. Canadian citizens with dual citizenship are currently second-class citizens. They don't have the same rights as citizens born in Canada with a single citizenship.
Furthermore, children born in Canada of parents of a different origin may experience the same thing in their country of origin. This is serious, Mr. Chairman—very serious. I believe Canada has a duty to protect all its citizens, whether they are born in Canada, have another origin, or whether they came here from another country and were not born in Canada. Citizenship must be the same for everyone. There are no half-citizens.