An Ontario judge has given the Canadian government another three months to pass legislation aimed at granting citizenship to people known as 'lost Canadians'. This group consists of individuals born outside Canada to parents who were also born outside of Canada, but were Canadian citizens. The court ruled a previous law, which revoked citizenship passed down from parents born abroad, unconstitutional. The government has introduced a bill to address the issue, but it is stalled in Parliament. The judge reluctantly granted the extension due to potential broader implications if the current legislation is struck down, including an 'unknowable' number of people automatically becoming citizens and inconsistent application of citizenship rules.
OTTAWA — An Ontario Superior Court judge has"reluctantly" given the federal government another three months to pass legislation aimed at granting citizenship to the so-called lost Canadians.
In 2009, the former Conservative government changed the law so people who were born abroad could not pass down their citizenship unless their child was born in Canada. It has introduced a bill in the House of Commons to create citizenship rules for the lost Canadians — but the bill is stalled and the Liberals have asked for an extension three times since then.
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