Don Chapman and Canadian Citizenship

country borders: Those born in Canada were considered British until the definition of Canadian citizenship was established in 1947-- which is where the problems began, according to CTV. For instance, a baby born to a Canadian woman outside the country borders would not have been deemed Canadian if the mother was married to a man of a different nationality, but would be if the mother was unmarried. The Liberal government should be taking more steps to help law-abiding people whose road to citizenship is blocked by the existing law, said Don Chapman, a longtime champion for so-called "lost Canadians." It time for the Citizenship Act to be scrapped and rewritten, Chapman said -- and he believes the upcoming 150th anniversary of Confederation is the perfect time. In 1977, an updated law created new issues. The consequences of these two pieces of legislation were people who became known as "lost Canadians" -- mostly those who believed themselves to be citizens, but by law were not. It established the concept of dual citizenship, but did not restore Canadian citizenship for those who lost theirs when they switched under the earlier law. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.