Citizenship Applications: Cases and Stephen Harper

citizenship applications: The decision comes in eight cases considered as test cases that challenged the constitutionality of the changes made in May 2015, according to The Chronicle Herald. Those amendments barred people from going to court to fight the loss of their Canadian status, in some cases leaving them stateless, over alleged lies on their residency or citizenship applications. In a key decision, Judge Jocelyne Gagne struck down provisions of the Citizenship Act enacted by the former Conservative government under Stephen Harper, saying they conflict with principles of fundamental justice. The changes also barred people from reapplying for Canadian citizenship for 10 years after revocation. Since there is no right of appeal from a revocation decision of the minister under the amended act, the need for procedural fairness is all the more acute. Clearly, citizenship revocation is an important decision, Gagne wrote in her ruling. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.