Nicholas Keung Immigration and Michael Ferguson

House of Commons: People were granted citizenship based on incomplete information or without all of the necessary checks being done, Michael Ferguson wrote in an audit of the citizenship program tabled Tuesday in the House of Commons, according to Toronto Star. Since revoking citizenship after it has been granted is costly, while the cost to grant it is far less, it is important to ensure that only eligible applicants receive it in the first place. By Nicholas Keung Immigration reporter11:10 PM, Tues., May 3, 2016 Despite the former Conservative government anti-fraud efforts, ineligible immigrants have continued to beat the system and secure Canadian citizenship, the auditor general says. The auditor general investigated citizenship applications between July 2014 and last fall and found Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada did not have a systematic method of identifying and documenting fraud risks and that existing guidelines were not followed consistently by staff. We have thoroughly reviewed all cases flagged by the Office of the Auditor General to determine if citizenship fraud may have occurred. In response to the report, Immigration Minister John McCallum said he is working with the Canada Border Services Agency and the RCMP to improve information sharing and to put in place a new integrity system by December. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.