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February 8 - 21, 2018
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Canada strengthens
fairness of citizenship
revocation process
The Government of Canada
does not take the revocation of
citizenship lightly, and is committed
to integrating enhanced fairness into
the process.
On February 5, Ahmed Hussen,
Minister of Immigration, Refugees
and Citizenship, announced that
provisions of Bill C-6 involving
changes to the citizenship revocation
process came into effect.
Any individual whose case is
subject to possible revocation now
has the choice to have their case
heard and decided by the Federal
Court, or to request that the Minister
decide. This improves the fairness of
the process by allowing all individuals
to choose to have their case decided
by the independent Federal Court..
The revocation process will
also include an additional step,
where IRCC officials review case
submissions and decide whether
or not to continue to proceed with
revocation before it is referred to the
Federal Court for decision.
In cases where individuals
request to have the Minister decide,
they would have an opportunity to
seek leave to judicially review the
Minister’s decision at the Federal
Court.
Under the former decision-
making model introduced in 2015
by Bill C-24, the Minister was the
decision maker for cases of residence
fraud, concealed criminality and
identity fraud. The Federal Court
was the decision maker only for
cases of fraud relating to organized
criminality, security, and human and
international rights violations.
Hussen said in a media release:
“In completing another important
amendment to the Citizenship Act,
the Government has delivered on
our commitment expressed during
the legislative process of Bill C-6 to
enhance the procedural fairness of
citizenship revocation. By continuing
to build and improve this process , we
are able to maintain the fairness and
integrity of our program and uphold
the value of Canadian citizenship.”
Bill C-6, An Act to amend
the Citizenship Act and make
consequential
amendments
to
another Act, received Royal Assent on
June 19, 2017, and made changes
to the revocation decision-making
model introduced by Bill C-24.●
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HEATHER MATHISON MAE CORRALES NICHOLLS
Experienced Lawyer
in both Injury related
claims and Family Law. Paralegal fluent in
English, Tagalog and
Kapampangan.
We can also help you
in French, Cantonese
and Farsi.