Canadian: Citizenship and Government

canadian: The numbers show that the Trudeau government has used the law far more aggressively than the Harper government itself, according to CBC. But in a Federal Court filing late Friday, the government said it would not grant a moratorium on revocation cases, and added that claims by some that the system was revoking large numbers of citizenship are speculative. About 90 per cent of the decisions resulted in a negative finding and the loss of a person citizenship. Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau made the sanctity of citizenship an issue in last year federal election. "A Canadian is a Canadian is a Canadian," Trudeau said in a leaders' debate three weeks before storming to victory. Ottawa will continue revoking citizenship of immigrants accused of I'll consider moratorium on stripping citizenship without a hearing Maryam Monsef case highlights 'absurdity' of Canadian law, refugee lawyers say As a 'matter of principle,' convicted terrorists are fellow citizens Immigrant communities rallied to the Liberal Party, concerned that Canadians born overseas would be reduced by C-24 to an insecure second-class status. He used it to dress down Stephen Harper for passing Bill C-24, a law that aimed to strip dual citizens of their Canadian passports if they were convicted of crimes of terrorism, treason or espionage against Canada, or took up arms against Canada. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.