Canadian Citizenship and Tories

dual citizens: Critics applauded the changes, hoping they would reverse the worrisome course of easier to lose, harder to get’ Canadian citizenship under the Tories, which had seen the annual number of new citizens nosedive from a peak of 260,805 in 2006 to 113,150 in 2012, according to Toronto Star. The government will also fulfil another campaign promise by repealing the controversial provisions introduced by the Tories in May that allowed authorities to remove citizenship from dual citizens for acts against the national interest, including terrorism or treason. The changes, expected to be implemented later this year, will provide greater flexibility for applicants trying to meet the requirements for citizenship and help immigrants become full-fledged Canadian citizens sooner, said Immigration Minister John McCallum. We are honouring all of the commitments on which we were elected, McCallum told the Star Thursday. It not up to the government to revoke citizenship. A Canadian is a Canadian is a Canadian. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.