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bill c-24
They first installed Bill C-31 to target the refugees, then in 2014 enacted Bill C-24 that turned immigrants and their families into second-class citizens. During that time, the Conservatives scrapped 280,000 skilled worker immigration applications. They stripped tens of thousands of foreign students of the opportunity to seek work and stay in Canada. They raised the bar for immigrants to become citizens.
Toronto 18 plotter to regain citizenship.
Said Deepak Obhrai in 2014: "A Canadian is a Canadian is a Canadian."
We've figured out a simple truth: we're in this together. Our neighbour's strength is our strength; the success of any one of us is the success of every one of us. But this is incredibly fragile. It must be protected always from the voices of intolerance, divisiveness, small-mindedness, and hatred. It's the right thing to do.
Nothing in recent history had redefined what it means to be Canadian more than Bill C-24. This bill, made into law, allows the government to take away the citizenship of undesirables. Although currently limited to acts of terrorism, the government has expressed an interest in using this law against other acts.
"Liberals have been engaged in this dishonest fear campaign on citizenship since Day 1 of the campaign," he tweeted.
"Just to make sure I wasn't crazy, I asked him ... and he repeated himself."
Who do Canadians trust to shepherd our country though what may be a coming turbulence? Our current election sees once more a plethora of "Star candidates" that normal Canadians know nothing about -- and their victory or defeat will have nothing to do with the very little light that these stars emit.
The NDP leader holds dual citizenship.
"Oh, yes. Oh, absolutely. If we did not have the legal constraint..."
