Mr. Speaker, I have not done an in-depth analysis of how citizenship is granted around the world, but I know that there are several different approaches and several possible ideologies.
In my view, what we proposed is reasonable. I believe my Conservative Party colleagues agree with us, since we voted together on these amendments. I urge the government to listen to what was said in committee and, above all, to reflect carefully on this.
The government is about to grant citizenship, and therefore voting rights, to 150,000 people who do not live here. They will not even be required to know French or English, nor will they be required to have even a basic knowledge of the country, since the government does not want to incorporate a citizenship test. This measure does not even require a security check.
I think this could be a case of wilful blindness, a desire to see the world as though there were no problems anywhere, as though everything were easy, as though this citizenship had no value whatsoever.