Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. This provision you're asking about is specifically related to when a child is deemed to have been born before the death of that parent. It will ensure that someone today who would benefit and get citizenship under this bill if they were born before the death of that parent will be recognized as if the parent were alive at the time of their birth.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  It would apply in that scenario. It's not only for adoptees. It would be the case for natural-born children to Canadians and, as you just mentioned, the example where there is an adoption and the parent dies during the adoption process or something unfortunate like that. It's both instances.