- Asserts that the Bill reinforces the value of citizenship and strengthens the rules in order to reflect its true value (4)
- Retroactively grants citizenship to ‘Lost Canadians’ and their children [Canadians who believe themselves entitled to citizenship but have not been granted such due to loopholes or particular aspects or interpretations of the law] (1)
- Aims to reduce wait times for citizenship applications to less than a year by 2015-2016 (1)
- Grants the minister of Immigration the power to revoke Canadian citizenship in “extreme-cases,” i.e. where their crimes were not only violent, but also embraced an ideology or an allegiance to a group hostile to Canada or supportive of terrorist acts (1, 2, 3)
- Maintains that citizens who lose their citizenship have a de facto right to appeal in court if the government has not fulfilled its statutory mandates (5)
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- Voted against Bill C-24 (7)
- Opposes the creation of two classes of Canadian citizens and believes this Bill undermines the fundamental Canadian value of equality (1, 6, 9, 10)
- Believes the Bill does not comply with the Canadian Charter or with international law (6, 9)
- Is glad to see the government expediting citizenship for permanent residents serving in the armed forces and addressing some of the issues of the ‘Lost Canadians’ children [Canadians who believe themselves entitled to citizenship but have not been granted such due to loopholes or particular aspects or interpretations of the Law] (1, 11)
- Concerned with the idea that the Minister of Immigration, not judges, would have the power to revoke citizenship based on convictions from other countries, often without the possibility of appeal or hearing (1, 8, 10)
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- Voted against Bill C-24 (7)
- Opposes the creation of two classes of Canadian citizens, stating that that Canadian citizens are all equal (3)
- Is concerned that foreign students would be deprived of any credit for time spent studying in Canada for the purposes of acquiring citizenship (11)
- Is concerned that a criminal conviction from a country that does not respect the rule of law would be sufficient for stripping a Canadian of their citizenship, and believes that appropriate checks and balances need to be a precondition of granting the Minister this power (12)
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- Voted against Bill C-24 (7)
- Does not believe that the Bill is compliant with the Charter of Rights and Freedoms (13)
- Is concerned that the Bill does not do enough to provide citizenship to the 'Lost Canadians' and their descendants (14)
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