Government Policy Changes: Canadian Citizenship

Canadian citizenship: Overall, it seems the government intends to make it more difficult or even impossible for some potential new citizens to become Canadians, namely those who are deemed suspicious or less desirable for political, religious or economic reasons, said the study by the Institute for Research on Public Policy released Thursday, according to The Star. During the same period, the number of citizenship applications received actually grew from 242,400 to 317,440 and Recent government policy changes have made Canadian citizenship more restrictive and are counterproductive to immigrant integration, says a new study by a Canadian think-tank. The impacts of these changes are evident in the decline in the number of Canadian citizenships granted over the last few years, from 176,572 in 2008 to 113,142 in 2012, said the report by University of Ottawa sociology professor Elke Winter. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.