Dual Citizens and Treason

Minister John McCallum: Under the current law, dual citizens convicted of treason, espionage and terrorism can have their citizenship taken away in select circumstances, according to CBC. While this creates two tiers of citizens, there is nothing wrong with having one tier for those convicted of terrorism, spying and treason and one tier for every other citizen. While some of the changes tabled by Immigration Minister John McCallum are good, the change that has received the biggest headlines — the proposal to eliminate the government ability to revoke the Canadian citizenship of those convicted of treason, spying or terrorism — should be amended as opposed to totally eliminated. Individuals convicted of treason, espionage and terrorism are not committing petty crimes. There is nothing wrong with taking Canadian citizenship away from these criminals. These are crimes against innocent Canadians and Canada interests at home and abroad, designed to undercut our society and overthrow our government. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.