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Her Excellency the Governor General recommends to the House of
Commons the appropriation of public revenue under the circumstances,
in the manner and for the purposes set out in a measure entitled ``An Act
respecting Canadian citizenship''.
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This enactment replaces the existing Citizenship Act. It provides for
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(a) the continued acquisition of citizenship at birth for most persons
born in Canada;
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(b) residence requirements for citizenship based on actual presence
in Canada;
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(c) a new judicial process to revoke the citizenship of a person who
has acquired, retained, renounced or resumed citizenship by false
representation or fraud or by knowingly concealing material
circumstances;
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(d) new authority for the Minister and the Solicitor General of
Canada to sign a certificate that commences a proceeding - in
which security information may be used - to revoke the citizenship
of a person who has acquired or resumed citizenship by false
representation or fraud or by knowingly concealing material
circumstances;
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(e) new authority for the Minister to annul the citizenship of people
who obtained their citizenship by using a false identity or who were
subject to prohibitions;
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(f) new authority for the Governor in Council to refuse to grant
citizenship where a person has demonstrated a flagrant and serious
disregard for the principles and values underlying a free and
democratic society;
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(g) new prohibitions and offences with more severe punishment in
order to maintain the enactment's integrity;
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(h) restricting the transmission of citizenship to persons born abroad
of Canadian parents to the first and second generations, with an
automatic loss of citizenship at the age of 28 years to those in the
second generation who have not resided in Canada;
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(i) lessening the distinctions made between adopted children and
children born abroad of Canadian parents for the purpose of the
acquisition of citizenship;
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(j) an administrative rather than a quasi-judicial process to deal with
applications for citizenship;
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(k) a new office of ``Citizenship Commissioner'', to replace the
former ``citizenship judge'', with new functions related to
conducting citizenship ceremonies, promoting citizenship and
advising the Minister; and
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(l) a modern citizenship oath.
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Clause 60: The relevant portion of section 65 reads as
follows:
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65. The following persons are not eligible to be a candidate:
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(f) a judge appointed by the Governor in Council, other than a
citizenship judge appointed under the Citizenship Act;
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Clause 61: The reference to the ``Citizenship Act'' is
changed to the ``Citizenship of Canada Act''.
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Clause 62: The reference to the ``Citizenship Act'' is
changed to the ``Citizenship of Canada Act'' and a
cross-reference is amended.
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Clause 63: The reference to the ``Citizenship Act'' is
changed to the ``Citizenship of Canada Act'' and
cross-references are amended.
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Clause 64: The reference to the ``Citizenship Act'' is
changed to the ``Citizenship of Canada Act'' and a
cross-reference to subsection 2(1) is added.
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Clause 65: Section 21 reads as follows:
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21. The Trial Division has exclusive jurisdiction to hear and
determine all appeals that may be brought pursuant to subsection 14(5)
of the Citizenship Act.
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Clause 66: The reference to the ``Citizenship Act'' is
changed to the ``Citizenship of Canada Act'' and
cross-references are amended.
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Clause 67: Subsection 46(2) reads as follows:
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(2) A person who ceases to be a citizen under paragraph 10(1)(a) of
the Citizenship Act, other than in the circumstances set out in subsection
10(2) of that Act, becomes a permanent resident.
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