Liberal Government and Don Chapman

Canadian citizenship: 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, according to Toronto Star. Those born in Canada were considered British until the definition of Canadian citizenship was established in 1947— which is where the problems began. Before giving a convicted terrorist back his claim to the Maple Leaf, the Liberal government should consider all the law-abiding people who can’t get citizenship because the existing law creates too many road blocks, said Don Chapman, who has for years championed the cause of so-called lost Canadians. For instance, a baby born outside Canada to a Canadian woman married to a non-Canadian man wasn’t considered Canadian, but a baby born to an unmarried Canadian woman was. 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. In 1977, an updated law created new issues. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.