Citizenship and Immigration committee  We do not at this time have the ability to have an accurate estimate of how many may be impacted by that change. It would be all those born abroad between 2009 and 2015. Those aren't numbers that we track, but there are untold numbers. It could be in the tens of thousands or mor

Citizenship and Immigration committee  As I mentioned earlier, since 2009, those impacted by the first-generation limit do not receive Canadian citizenship automatically and have had to apply for a grant. Generally, those who obtain a grant of citizenship are able to pass on their citizenship automatically to a child

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'm sorry. I'm not sure I fully heard that. Could you repeat the question?

Citizenship and Immigration committee  When it comes to automatic citizenship, those are not considerations because the law confers citizenship automatically. Those kinds of considerations of criminality or security concerns are looked at when individuals apply for a grant of citizenship, because they are part of the

Citizenship and Immigration committee  There are avenues in the act at this time, but those avenues generally relate to individuals who have applied for their citizenship through a grant, for instance, if they have misrepresented in obtaining their grant. Perhaps they may not have met the requirements, or somehow, des

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I see. Thank you.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'm sorry, Madam Chair. Could the member just repeat the question?

Citizenship and Immigration committee  There is a provision under the bill to allow for simplified renunciation for those who don't wish to have it. I can't speak to whether the bill would provide authority for retroactivity or not, but perhaps my colleague from the Department of Justice may have some comment on that.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I can't speak to the procedure, but as already mentioned, because the bill is benefiting some born abroad in the second generation and not others, from this vantage point it would be preferable during the amendment process to see if it would be possible to have a more equitable a

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'm not sure I can advise or comment on that, but another way to come at it would be to leave the first-generation limit as is and have a mechanism that's equitable for those who were born abroad, second generation or beyond, to access with the demonstrating a connection test.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  As I think I've mentioned, the cohort impacted by the former section 8 is in the range of 25 to 30 such persons who come forward to the department every year. There are those who lost their citizenship automatically at age 28 before 2009. It's a limited cohort, likely in the rang

Citizenship and Immigration committee  As I mentioned, we had 130 such persons who came forward and received that discretionary grant because they had lost their citizenship automatically due to section 8. It's a limited cohort as I mentioned. It's not a significant number.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  That's correct.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I can't comment on the timelines for that process because they may vary from one case to the next, but my understanding is that it's a timely process for those going through—

Citizenship and Immigration committee  —the subsection 5(4) process for the reasons the member mentioned. It's not a cabinet process. It's done in the department.