Citizenship and Immigration committee  In certain circumstances that can happen, but there is a provision in our current Citizenship Act that deals with aboriginal members in order to make them Canadian citizens.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Mr. Chair, there is a section in our Citizenship Act that takes care of aboriginal people who are questioning if they are Canadian citizens or not. Under our Citizenship Act, we do refer to the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development Act, so we do take the definitio

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Under the Citizenship Act, every child born after February 15, 1977, is a Canadian. Between 1947 and 1977, the Act provided steps to be taken for registering a child born outside Canada. In 1977, provisions were added to enable people who could not register their children between

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I would like to answer your question. When the Civil Code of Québec came into force, on January 1, 1994, the documents that were accepted by Quebec changed. After the events of September 11, the Minister of Relations with the Citizens and Immigration of Quebec announced that only