Citizenship And Immigration Canada: Canada

Candice Malcolm Dept: "We are aware of crooked consultants who encourage pregnant women to illegally travel to Canada to give birth and gain access to Canada's considerable benefits," Citizenship and Immigration spokeswoman Candice Malcolm told Postmedia News on Sunday, according to Vancouver Sun. The government will introduce changes to the citizenship laws in the next year, Ms. Malcolm said and citizenship and Immigration Canada is poised to crack down on "passport babies" or "birth tourism"--the practice of travelling to Canada to give birth so that child can have Canadian citizenship--as a media report out of China reveals a ring of consultants who coach pregnant women to do exactly that. "We condemn the practice of circumventing our laws to game the system, leaving Canadians taxpayers with the bill. This is unfair and not right." (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.