Citizenship

Immigration Minister Jason Kenney Dept: Kenney said the Conservatives passed legislation in 2008 to automatically and retroactively grant citizenship to about 95 per cent of the so-called lost Canadians who didn't realize they were not technically citizens as they never registered with the government prior to turning 21, according to Montreal Gazette. Noting many only realized the problem after they tried to obtain a passport when it became a requirement in 2009 for travel to the United States, Kenney said he's nonetheless been granting citizenship to individuals in this situation directly through orders in cabinet and oTTAWA Immigration Minister Jason Kenney slammed the Opposition Friday for suggesting the government is failing to recognize the children of Canadians who served in the First and Second World Wars as citizens because they were born abroad prior to 1947 when Canada first established its own citizenship. He's well aware that a small number of individuals who were born overseas and out of wedlock to Canadian servicemen and their non-Canadian partners continue to fall through the cracks and has vowed to introduce legislation very soon to correct this aberration. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.