B.C. MP concerned an amended Citizenship Act could proliferate passing of Canadian citizenship rights indefinitely to birth tourist descendants living in foreign countries
Proposed changes to the Citizenship Act have prompted concerns of a “never-ending chain of citizenship” for Canadians choosing to live abroad, including for the children of so-called birth tourists.
Among those questioning the proposed bill was Mission-Matsqui-Fraser Canyon MP Brad Vis, who raised the spectre of the bill further propagating the practice of birth tourism — visiting Canada on a tourist visa while pregnant for the purpose of giving birth and obtaining automatic citizenship for the child via “jus soli,” or “right of soil” laws in Canada.
“It is very clear that this pathway to citizenship is being abused; this program will only see the numbers increase as the Liberals reduce security checks for visitor visas as well,” said Vis, who otherwise supports the one-generation rule. “The potential impact of Bill C-71 could be potentially large. So, before the government enshrines a new pathway to citizenship for some, all of the facts need to be properly considered,” said Griffith, who points out that media in India are characterizing Bill C-71 as legislation that “will open up the chain of citizenship without end, as long as the parents have spent at least 1,095 cumulative days.
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