Moment I: Rights Day

moment i: I felt Canadian the moment I stepped in this country but to get citizenship it is an honour and I feel very blessed to have a country to call my home, said Obidah Abdul Basir, according to CBC. Canada not only gives you a land of opportunity but the people and the country opens up its heart and takes you under its wings. Viva Canada, Oh Canada' 17 new Canadians get citizenship just in time for 150th'It's such a good life' New citizens reflect on becoming Canadian Forty-eight people were sworn in as Canadians during the ceremony, which fell on international Human Rights Day, honouring the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. Winnipeg's ceremony fell on international Human Rights Day, which honours the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. She was only 19 years old when she arrived in the country and always knew she wanted to get her citizenship. CBC Her family left Afghanistan and eventually went to Tajikistan before coming to Canada in 2005. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.