Bill C: Canadian and Citizens

bill c: Bill C-6 was designed to repeal many of the previous Conservative government's changes to how people become citizens and how they can lose that status, according to Toronto Star. Among other things, the legislation repeals a provision that strips dual citizens of their Canadian status if convicted of terrorism, treason or espionage. TOM HANSON / THE CANADIAN PRESS By The Canadian Press Thu., June 15, 2017 OTTAWA A Liberal bill that would make it easier for people to become Canadian citizens has passed the Senate, after over a year of back-and-forth in Parliament. But far more people lose their citizenship because it was obtained fraudulently and current law gives them no right to appeal, something not addressed in the Liberals' original bill. Article Continued Below The bill went back to the Senate and after a brief debate, passed by a vote of 51-29. The Senate proposed adding such an appeal and the Liberals agreed to that and several other amendments late last week. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.