Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes. My understanding as well is that Bill C-24 brought in the requirement that the citizenship exam be passed in English or French without the availability of an interpreter. The CCR's experience from its 180 member organizations across the country is really informed by those

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I think the CCR membership would agree that it really should be on a case-by-case basis, if at all. A foreign charge can mean all kinds of things. A witness last week raised the hypothetical example that, really, it would only give a foreign government the opportunity to lay a ch

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The current regime allows that the minister, who has reasonable grounds to believe that somebody has for instance committed fraud or misrepresentation in applying for citizenship, will inform the citizen they may face a revocation of their citizenship as a result. The citizen is

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair and members of the committee, for the opportunity to make submissions to you. To continue on equal access to citizenship, I wish to bring your attention to three additional recommendations from the CCR. First, no one should be excluded from democratic civic