Paul Compton and Federal Government Court

Canadian citizen: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang TORONTO - An Ontario father fighting to get his youngest son recognized as a Canadian citizen is now prepared to take the federal government to court over the matter, according to Winnipeg Free Press. Paul Compton feels he already done everything recommended by the government to deal with the impact of regulatory changes which resulted in one of his children being Canadian while the other is not. An Ontario father fighting to get his youngest son recognized as a Canadian citizen is now prepared to take the federal government to court over the matter. After months of waiting for a resolution, the 45-year-old is escalating his efforts, issuing an ultimatum through his lawyer to Citizenship and Immigration Minister Chris Alexander. Because Compton was born in Scotland while his Canadian parents were there for university, he was unable to pass on citizenship to Mateo, who was born in Peru, while Compton was working in the country. In a letter sent to the minister on Friday, Compton lawyer said he giving Alexander ten days to grant citizenship for Compton son, five-year-old Mateo, and if he doesn't hear back, he will take the case to federal court. "It right to say yes or no, but to say nothing and do nothing is not an exercise of discretion," lawyer Cecil Rotenberg explained in an interview. "If he doesn't want to do it I want to get down to business and get him to court." Alexander would potentially be taken to court over his failure to exercise his discretion in a case which involves the best interests of a child, Rotenberg said, adding that a claim of discrimination under the Charter of Rights may also be pursued. "This young boy cannot be held to be a non-citizen when his brother is a citizen," said Rotenberg. "It just not proper." Compton and his family are caught up in a series of changes made to the Citizenship Act in 2009, which limits the ability to pass on Canadian citizenship to only the first generation of a family born abroad. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.