A Recent Issue that came up today on CTV News that could be a issue that the NLF Party tackles at some point..

Here's the post I made today (Monday, February 19th/2007):

Title: Topic: Lost Canadians: the need to Update the Citizenship Act of 1947

'Hi everyone, while on mid-term break today, I caught a newstory on CTV News this morning titled "Lost Canadians": which basically said that because our current citizenship act is archacially 60 years old, there are up to 100,000 to 200,000 canadians who could lose their citizenship upon turning 20 because:

1. They were born out of wedlock

2. They were born before 1977

3. (a)Because one of their parents had to give up their Canadian Citizenship to become an American citizenship

(b) Which has sometimes occured because (as one individual on CTV testified), their father had arthritis and needed to head to the warmer climates of some parts of the US to help their condition

4. The current citizenship act classifies persons with disabilities, lunatics, and criminals as all being in the same category

So basically, this is an issue that not only affects Canadians, but Newfoundlanders as well: I mean if someone can lose their citizenship at age 20 and spend 35 years turning to get it back, what does that mean for people to immigrate into Canada and decide to stay in NL? Is it possible that such individuals might be deported from the country while their Canadian Citizenship is being processed in our overburdened bureaucracy?

Questions and comments? By the way, you should be able to find the Citizenship Act of 1947 at http://www.parl.gc.ca and search "The Citizenship Act of 1947"'

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My two later replies to the same topic today:

"Hi, I went on the website and contacted the Parliamentary Library to discover that you can learn more about any legislation regarding citizenship by going to http://laws.justice.gc.ca

Then of course, you can choose to read it in either English of French

Then, you can click "Laws" (if an "Update Notice" comes up, click on the link at the bottom provided to bring you back to the site)

So ya, I searched "Citizenship" and found the "Citzenship Act of 1985" at this link: http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/showdoc/cs/C-29//20070219/en?command=home&caller=SI&fragment=Citizenship%20&search_type=all&day=19&month=2&year=2007&search_domain=cs&showall=L&statuteyear=all&lengthannual=50&length=50"



"So ya, according to this, there is no mention of those being born out of wedlock, in military bases overseas,etc... as being Canadian citizens (just as CTV said, but hey, I wanted to make sure that spin wasn't being put on the story!)

So, there you have it: questions and comments?!"