Andrew Griffith and Citizenship and Immigration Canada

Citizenship and Immigration Canada: The proposal, marked secret and with inputs from various federal departments, found fewer than 500 cases of children being born to foreign nationals in Canada each year, amounting to just 0.14 per cent of the 360,000 total births per year in the country, according to The Star. An impartial observer would conclude that the evidence supports no need for change, given the small number of cases. Yet the recommendation supports the governments public rhetoric and anecdotes on the need for change, said Andrew Griffith , a former director general for citizenship and multiculturalism at Citizenship and Immigration Canada, and author of Policy Arrogance or Innocent Bias and Immigration officials have recommended that Ottawa remove citizenship rights to babies born in Canada to non-citizens and non-residents even though the small number of cases doesnt justify the costs. The issue of citizenship by birth on Canadian soil once again raises concerns among critics over the current governments policy considerations being based on ideologies rather than evidence and objective cost-benefit analyses. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.