Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'll start with your last question first. In line with these other like-minded countries that already have these powers, it would be the minister who would decide, or a delegate if the minister decides—

Citizenship and Immigration committee  —to delegate that decision on revocation.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The minister did make the point earlier that for any overseas terrorism conviction where a five-year sentence or more has been imposed and the person is a dual citizen, which may give rise to revocation consideration, the department will have to do a two-step equivalent process.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you for question. We anticipate that if this bill passes, we would like to be in a position, and we are working to be in a position, to implement the streamlined decision-making provisions of the bill at the earliest opportunity in order to benefit those significant numbe

Citizenship and Immigration committee  We would anticipate that the vast majority of applicants would be dealt with by a citizenship officer under this model that's proposed. It may be in the order of a couple of thousand cases that the citizenship judge may need to look at on an annual basis because the officer, on t

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Citizenship officers are independent decision-makers now. They decide in the range of about 100,000 citizenship applications that deal with certain matters, including proofs of citizenship, adoption cases, and grants of citizenship to minors. They already make those decisions gui

Citizenship and Immigration committee  It's more in line with what these other countries do. Canada's the only country that has this three-step process, which results in the vast majority of applicants being accepted at the end of the day. Most of those have a more streamlined process in line with what's being propose

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The proposed measures in the bill are limited to permanent residents and individuals on exchange to recognize their extraordinary service to the country. It doesn't extend to others. This is a function of the fact that when we did our homework and our comparative research on what

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The fast track for individuals working in the military is broadly in line with the allies. The proposal under Bill C-24 to extend that not only to permanent residents but also to individuals on exchanges is the most closely aligned with what they do in the United States, where th

Public Safety committee  I don't have much to add to what the minister said. He provided a very good description of two separate elements of Bill C-44. The objectives are complementary insofar as the proposed technical changes to the Strengthening Canadian Citizenship Act will help attain the same objec

Public Safety committee  Thank you very much for your question. I would just note at the outset, as mentioned earlier, that the provisions in Bill C-44 are technical amendments that would not bring any changes to the provisions of the Strengthening Canadian Citizenship Act, which received royal assent i

Public Safety committee  There is not, as contemplated by Bill C-44 nor the changes under the Strengthening Canadian Citizenship Act.

Public Safety committee  Thank you for your question. I would just respond by stating that the two provisions of this bill are distinct. They are not intended to be related, other than that they both support the objective of the safety and security of Canadians. Then the other point, more directly in

Public Safety committee  Thank you, yes. The provisions in the Strengthening Canadian Citizenship Act, which enable revocation of citizenship from dual citizens who have done these actions against the national interest that I referred to, are broadly similar to provisions that exist in the United Kingdo

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. Before begin, I would like to acknowledge that I work on the traditional—