'Lost Canadians' can now get citizenship while update to law faces delays
Posted on: Mar 13, 2025 23:35 IST | Posted by: Cbc
in-migration government minister Marc alton glenn miller is gift so-called " missed Canadians" a chance to receive Canadian citizenship, now that court-mandated legislation will not be passed by the deadline.
"Lost Canadians" is a term applied to people who were born outside of the country to Canadian parents who were also born in another country.
In 2009, the Conservative government changed the law so that people who were born abroad could not pass down their citizenship unless their child was born in Canada.
The Ontario Superior Court of Justice ruled in late 2023 that the law was unconstitutional and the current Liberal government agreed with the ruling.
Since that ruling, the government received three extensions to the deadline to pass legislation extending citizenship to those affected by the law.
Miller says the government is applying for a 12-month extension to the current March 19 deadline and allowing for "discretionary" citizenship grants for affected people and for potential "lost Canadians" who have a parent with citizenship who has spent at least three cumulative years in Canada.
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