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On 5 June 2025, the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship introduced Bill C-3, An Act to amend the Citizenship Act (2025) and it was given first reading.
Bill C-3 amends the Citizenship Act to, among other things,
(a) ensure that citizenship by descent is conferred on all persons who were born outside Canada before the coming into force of this enactment to a parent who was a citizen;
(b) confer citizenship by descent on persons born outside Canada after the first generation, on or after the coming into force of this enactment, to a parent who is a citizen and who had a substantial connection to Canada before the person’s birth;
(c) allow citizenship to be granted under section 5.1 of that Act to all persons born outside Canada who were adopted before the coming into force of this enactment by a parent who was a citizen;
(d) allow citizenship to be granted under section 5.1 of that Act to persons born outside Canada who are adopted on or after the coming into force of this enactment by a parent who is a citizen and who had a substantial connection to Canada before the person’s adoption;
(e) restore citizenship to persons who lost their citizenship because they did not make an application to retain it under the former section 8 of that Act or because they made an application under that section that was not approved; and
(f) allow certain persons who become citizens as a result of the coming into force of this enactment to access a simplified process to renounce their citizenship.
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Le 5 juin 2025, le ministre de l’Immigration, des Réfugiés et de la Citoyenneté a déposé le projet de loi C-3, Loi modifiant la Loi sur la citoyenneté (2025) à la Chambre des communes en première lecture.
Le projet de loi C-3 modifie la Loi sur la citoyenneté pour, notamment :
a) veiller à ce que soit accordée la citoyenneté par filiation à toute personne née à l’étranger, avant l’entrée en vigueur du texte, d’un parent ayant qualité de citoyen;
b) accorder la citoyenneté par filiation au-delà de la première génération à toute personne née à l’étranger, à la date d’entrée en vigueur du texte ou après cette date, d’un parent ayant qualité de citoyen si le parent avait un lien substantiel avec le Canada avant la naissance;
c) permettre à toute personne née à l’étranger et adoptée, avant l’entrée en vigueur du texte, par une personne ayant qualité de citoyen de se voir attribuer la citoyenneté sous le régime de l’article 5.1 de cette loi;
d) permettre à toute personne née à l’étranger et adoptée, à la date d’entrée en vigueur du texte ou après cette date, par une personne ayant qualité de citoyen et ayant eu, avant l’adoption, un lien substantiel avec le Canada de se voir attribuer la citoyenneté sous le régime de l’article 5.1 de cette loi;
e) rétablir la citoyenneté de toute personne qui a cessé d’être citoyen au motif qu’elle n’a pas présenté la demande visée à l’ancien article 8 de cette loi pour conserver sa citoyenneté ou que, si elle l’a fait, la demande a été rejetée;
f) permettre à certaines personnes qui deviennent citoyens par suite de l’entrée en vigueur du texte d’accéder au processus simplifié de répudiation de la citoyenneté.
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On 5 June 2025, the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship introduced Bill C-3, An Act to amend the Citizenship Act (2025) and it was given first reading.
Bill C-3 amends the Citizenship Act to, among other things,
(a) ensure that citizenship by descent is conferred on all persons who were born outside Canada before the coming into force of this enactment to a parent who was a citizen;
(b) confer citizenship by descent on persons born outside Canada after the first generation, on or after the coming into force of this enactment, to a parent who is a citizen and who had a substantial connection to Canada before the person’s birth;
(c) allow citizenship to be granted under section 5.1 of that Act to all persons born outside Canada who were adopted before the coming into force of this enactment by a parent who was a citizen;
(d) allow citizenship to be granted under section 5.1 of that Act to persons born outside Canada who are adopted on or after the coming into force of this enactment by a parent who is a citizen and who had a substantial connection to Canada before the person’s adoption;
(e) restore citizenship to persons who lost their citizenship because they did not make an application to retain it under the former section 8 of that Act or because they made an application under that section that was not approved; and
(f) allow certain persons who become citizens as a result of the coming into force of this enactment to access a simplified process to renounce their citizenship.
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