Citizenship and Immigration committee  It was a pamphlet that was sent out along with a letter to my mother, giving her instructions for boarding and everything. It was a pamphlet prepared by the Department of National Defence.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  No.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I have a permanent resident card, yes.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I don't believe this is something that any of us should have to do on an individual basis. I don't believe it should be a politician or a bureaucrat who says “Yes, I'll revoke your citizenship” or “Yes, I will grant it”. I think it should be more broad.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  It felt like the rug was pulled out from underneath my life. I think you take your citizenship for granted until you're all of a sudden told you don't have it. It's just part of who you are, of living here, of your life. It's just there. Underneath you expect a solid foundation

Citizenship and Immigration committee  It has certainly been more intense over the last couple of years. I was contacting other people, or learning of other people, through the wonderful Internet, realizing that people had different situations but were all similar: they had all lost citizenship or were denied it. I fo

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you for inviting me to participate in this. I just hope I can do something to help make some change so that this doesn't happen again. My name is Marion Vermeersch. I'm from Simcoe, Norfolk County, Ontario, and I'm a child of a war bride. My dad was a dairy farm labourer r