A committee of MPs approved Citizenship Act changes that allow some born abroad to adopt their Canadian parent’s citizenship Wednesday, despite objections from Conservatives about a lack of due process. In 2009, the Conservative government changed the law to make it so that Canadian parents who were born abroad could not pass down their citizenship…
Amended Bill That Would Extend Citizenship Rights to Some Born Abroad Heads to House
Poilievre Says Gov’t Attempting to Remake Canada From ‘Blank Slate’
Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre is accusing the Liberal government of erasing historical symbols to make the country a “blank slate” in order to reshape it along government ideology. In a video released on May 13, Poilievre raised the new passport design unveiled by authorities last week, with depictions of historical figures and events being…
Removal of Historic Symbols in Passport Represents a ‘Sliding Scale’ in Canada, Says Tory MP
May 11, 2023
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The Liberal government’s decision to remove depictions of Canadian historic sites and events in favour of more generic national images in the newly designed passport represents a “sliding, eroding scale” in the country and an indifferent attitude toward preserving Canadian heritage, says Conservative MP Michelle Ferreri. “Who thought it would be fitting or a good…
Poilievre Accuses Feds of ‘Deleting’ History in Passport Redesign
Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre is accusing the Liberal government of “deleting” history, especially relating to Canada’s veterans, in its new passport design that replaces a historical depiction of the Vimy Ridge Memorial with a generic image of a Canadian nature scene. “He [the prime minister] erased Quebec City, Terry Fox, and the Battle of Vimy…
Feds Unveil New Passport Designs Stripped of Historical Symbols
Federal ministers Karina Gould and Sean Fraser have unveiled Canada’s new passport designs stripped of previous historical symbols featured in the previous version. They say the reasons for the changes are mostly to prevent counterfeiting and are not politically motivated. Gould, who is minister of families, children and social development, and Fraser, who is the…
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