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Millions of Americans can now claim Canadian citizenship by descent. But they have to prove it. (www.cbc.ca)

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Bill C-3, which came into effect Dec. 15, removes the first-generation limit to citizenship

A new piece from CBC on the coming into force of the legislative changes to Canadian citizenship by descent.

A couple of interesting points from further down the article:

Vermette says many Franco-Americans have long felt invisible on both sides of the border.

He believes Bill C-3 presents Quebec with a unique opportunity to repatriate or reclaim those who feel a connection to the province’s culture and language, even amid heightened controversy surrounding immigration and pressures linked to cultural and linguistic preservation.

"The Franco-American population is an untapped natural resource for Quebec," he said. . .

In a statement to CBC, the IRCC said it does not have an exact estimate of how many people might be affected by Bill C-3, but says it expects tens of thousands of requests for Canadian citizenship certificates over time.

According to the IRCC website, at the beginning of March, almost 48,000 people were waiting for a decision pertaining to their certificate application, with an estimated processing time of 11 months.

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[-] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 28 points 1 day ago

Weren't we just being inundated with right wing talking points about how the population of our country had risen too quickly and we had to severely curtail immigration? And now we do this?

So, one is to surmise that the problem was really that the population increase did not have the desirable... hue?

[-] CandleTiger@programming.dev 3 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

And now we do this?

I don’t think it was a choice exactly. The news I was reading said the Canadian Supreme Court rejected the first generation limit as unconstitutional.

No source today, sorry. Brain is exhausted from documenting my Canadian ancestry in exhaustive detail all weekend.

[-] sveltecider@lemmy.ca 5 points 22 hours ago

Right wingers genuinely openly say “we don’t mind Ukrainian refugees and European immigrants.”

It’s not an open secret because it really isn’t a secret at all. They didn’t want more brown people in the country.

[-] StillPaisleyCat@startrek.website 12 points 1 day ago

The C-3 changes were in response to the 2023 Bjorkquist court decision that struck down the first-generation limit on citizenship by descent. The Government had to bring in legislative amendments or the Court would have just struck the limit down as a Charter violation.

It was Conservative Party of Canada Harper Government that enacted the limit in reaction to air lifts of Canadians in Lebanon, calling them ‘Canadians of convenience.’

The CPC tried to amend the Bill C-3 to require a 1095 day presence in a 5 year period in order to past citizenship down to future generations, basically making it like the requirement for naturalization. Instead the law has a lifetime 1095 day presence to pass down citizenship to children born after December 15, 2025.

[-] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 day ago

Oh I'm not at all against this. I am absolutely for it. What I'm against is the trumpist-smelling anti-immigration rhetoric of the right and the centre.

[-] StillPaisleyCat@startrek.website 5 points 1 day ago

It’s a concern the way the CPC MPs confabulated citizenship by descent with immigration during the committee hearings on the Bill.

[-] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago

But that has nothing to do with this as it was a court decision.

[-] maplesaga@lemmy.world -1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

anti-immigration rhetoric of the right and the centre

Do you think it has something to do with this, or do you assume its racism?

https://i.redd.it/2sal8i0kxl5b1.png

https://themeasureofaplan.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/2024-mortgage-share-of-income.png

[-] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

You and I have talked about this exact topic before. You seemed to think my arguments about the financialization of housing were ... gaslighting.

[-] AGM@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

Yep. The right wing isn't concerned about that kind of population growth. Canada was was still over 95% white when the grandparents of most people probably applying for citizenship via this pathway were born.

[-] maplesaga@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Good things its not racist to import a million and a half UN defined modern wage slaves to cram into Brampton basements during a housing crisis, otherwise left leaning parties would look pretty racist right now.

[-] sveltecider@lemmy.ca 1 points 21 hours ago

Which left leaning parties? Liberals?

[-] maplesaga@lemmy.world 1 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

Well no, the NDP too.

https://www.ndp.ca/news/ndp-critic-immigration-calls-out-conservative-leader-harmful-policies

They were really worried about "small business", the LMIA scams, the Tim Hortons and Burger Kings workers living 20 to a basement due to the massive housing shortage.