Bill C-3
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Summary
Lina Diab is Canada's new immigration minister, and her latest project is a bill that expands the definition of citizenship by descent. Bill C-3 would allow naturalized citizens, those who immigrated to Canada and gained citizenship, to pass their citizenship to their children and grandchildren, even if those children are born abroad and never set foot in Canada.
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Have you seen the Liberals' latest attempt to make Canadian citizenship meaningless?
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Meet Lina Diab, Canada's new immigration minister in the Mark Carney government.
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Lina was born in Halifax to Lebanese immigrants.
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When she was two, her family moved back to Lebanon before returning to Canada when she was 11,
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Before entering federal politics, she was a cabinet minister in Nova Scotia's provincial government,
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including eight years as provincial immigration minister.
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During that time, she presided over a massive spike in foreign immigration to the province.
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So at a time when even the Liberals admit immigration has become unsustainable,
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is this really the person to be in charge of Canada's immigration system?
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Earlier this year, Lina introduced Bill C-3, an act to amend the Citizenship Act.
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This bill expands the definition of citizenship by descent.
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It would allow naturalized citizens, those people who immigrated to Canada and gained citizenship,
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to pass their citizenship to their children and grandchildren,
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even if those children are born abroad and never set foot in Canada.
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them. So imagine, someone moves to Canada, obtains citizenship, lives here for three years, and then
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returns to their home country permanently. Their children, and even their grandchildren, would
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automatically receive Canadian citizenship. No residency, no connection to Canada, no obligation
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to ever live here. But if they ever want to take advantage of our healthcare system or education
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system, they can come right in. How does that make any sense? Worse, the bill would immediately
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grant citizenship to over 100,000 people born abroad, without criminal record checks, language
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requirements or even a citizenship exam at a time when birthright citizenship desperately needs to
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be restricted the liberals are giving it away can already has some of the most wide open birthright
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citizenship laws on the planet children born to tourists illegal migrants and temporary workers
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automatically receive citizenship these loopholes fuel birth tourism anchor babies and chain
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migration instead of fixing the problem the carny liberals are creating a brand new one
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Demand that Canadian citizenship means something again.