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Citizenship and Immigration committee Every opportunity—thank you.
March 27th, 2023Committee meeting
Don Chapman
Citizenship and Immigration committee Absolutely. Think about it. If you're Irish, you have the right to Irish citizenship. If you're Israeli, you have the right to Israeli citizenship. It doesn't mean you're a citizen. If two Canadian parents have a child born in the United States, that child is not Canadian until
March 27th, 2023Committee meeting
Don Chapman
Citizenship and Immigration committee The other thing is that citizenship is not a right in Canada. It's a privilege. Anybody at this table could have their citizenship taken. I've dealt with members of Parliament who, all of a sudden, showed up one day and they weren't Canadian anymore.
March 27th, 2023Committee meeting
Don Chapman
Citizenship and Immigration committee Could I add? The Benner decision was about Mark Benner, who was a convicted murderer from the United States, born in wedlock to a U.S. father and a Canadian mother. It was a unanimous Supreme Court decision in 1997. A lone bureaucrat cancelled that decision in 2004 and immediate
March 27th, 2023Committee meeting
Don Chapman
Citizenship and Immigration committee Yes. I can also say that, on the restoration of citizenship, there are consequences when you go to retire. Just because we give it back to you, there could be a period in a pension down the road where they say, “You weren't paying into it or you weren't Canadian for a 10-year per
March 27th, 2023Committee meeting
Don Chapman
Citizenship and Immigration committee This should be a birthright and it has nothing to do with immigration. By the way, when they did take away rights, that goes against what's called the Interpretation Act, which says you cannot obliterate rights, and that's what happened in Bill C-37.
March 27th, 2023Committee meeting
Don Chapman
Citizenship and Immigration committee This is a tough question because again, as I mentioned to Mr. Savard-Tremblay, I wanted this to be done 10 years ago, but it's not. It's a gamble, really, that's what it is. Do I turn and say, okay, I'll take the bill as is in case there is an election, or do I put it off? To be
March 27th, 2023Committee meeting
Don Chapman
Citizenship and Immigration committee Can I just mention, when Bill S-230 died, it was brought back in the Senate and passed third reading in five days. It was sent to the House and in the first month it was passed. Really, I don't see, if there's an election, that it's going to be any different.
March 27th, 2023Committee meeting
Don Chapman
Citizenship and Immigration committee The first thing I'll say is that I learned from the woman behind me, Meili Faille, that Quebeckers, French Canadians, understand the book de famille more than the English side. They understand what it's like to be stripped of their identities and culture, and that's exactly what
March 27th, 2023Committee meeting
Don Chapman
Citizenship and Immigration committee Thank you. When Canada stripped me of my citizenship in 1961, many of you had not been born. I was six, so I relate to the lost Canadian children of today. They're watching you, and, by not including them, you're compounding their rejection and pain. They're not stupid. They kno
March 27th, 2023Committee meeting
Don Chapman
Citizenship and Immigration committee I have not--
June 11th, 2009Committee meeting
Don Chapman
Citizenship and Immigration committee Not much. John has not returned all my phone calls. There are a lot of other people in your party who have been absolutely wonderful. Let's start with John Reynolds. We wouldn't be here today without John Reynolds. He is a real hero of the lost Canadians. Diane Ablonczy; I can
June 11th, 2009Committee meeting
Don Chapman
Citizenship and Immigration committee The “why” is because she was born out of wedlock. That is the reason for her denial.
June 11th, 2009Committee meeting
Don Chapman
Citizenship and Immigration committee It solves the problem. It was promised; however, the minister turned it over to the bureaucrats, and the bureaucrats denied it. A ministerial permit is for the minister, not the bureaucrats. He has somewhat abdicated the responsibility for these cases and turned it over.
June 11th, 2009Committee meeting
Don Chapman
June 11th, 2009Committee meeting
Don Chapman