Canadian Citizens and Citizenship and Immigration Minister Chris Alexander

Citizenship and Immigration Minister Chris Alexander: The 50, from 20 different countries, gathered at the Dartmouth North Community Centre to be presented with certificates and a Canadian flag from Citizenship and Immigration Minister Chris Alexander, according to The Chronicle Herald. He heralded Canadas volunteerism and its track record for naturalized people who go on to become citizens. The country annually takes in 260,000 new immigrants who could potentially become new citizens, he said and A whoop went up through a large audience in Dartmouth on Tuesday as 50 people from all over the world became Canadian citizens. Alexander told the new citizens that Canada has plenty of opportunity and thanked them for the sacrifices they d made to become citizens. The ceremony is one of many taking place during Canadas Citizenship Week, which ends Sunday. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.