Institutions Minister: Refugee Lawyers and Canadian Press

institutions minister: The democratic institutions minister revealed last week that she was born in Iran, not Afghanistan as she'd long believed, according to Toronto Star. She said her mother, who fled Afghanistan with her daughters when Monsef was 11, didn't think it mattered where the minister was born since she was still legally considered an Afghan citizen. By Joan Bryden The Canadian Press Mon., Sept. 26, 2016 OTTAWA—Maryam Monsef could be stripped of her citizenship without a hearing under a law the Liberals denounced while in opposition but which they've been enforcing aggressively since taking power, civil liberties and refugee lawyers say. Monsef has said she will have to correct her birthplace information on her passport. She could even be deported, said Waldman, part of a group that launched a constitutional challenge of the law Monday. If Monsef birthplace was misrepresented on her refugee claim and was relevant to the ruling on her case, her citizenship could be revoked, regardless of whether it was an innocent mistake or the fault of her mother, said immigration lawyer Lorne Waldman. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.