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‘Lost Canadians’ Law Opens Door for Descendants of Acadians to Become Citizens
The department has reviewed about 100 cases after saying some foreign archival records could not confirm citizenship.
- Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada recently suspended citizenship for some Acadians, citing family records from France and the United States as unacceptable authorities; descendants of those expelled by the British are now facing status reviews.
- Historians emphasize documents held in France and Louisiana are original Acadian records rescued during the 18th-century British expulsion; Acadian Studies experts argue IRCC officials are showing "very poor judgment of what happened to the documents."
- One applicant had her citizenship suspended in June after IRCC flagged her 1730 baptismal record from Baton Rouge, Louisiana; the department termed the initial approval "due to an administrative error," stating U.S.-sourced documents cannot confirm Canadian citizenship.
- Officials flagged about 100 cases in June, with the department currently reviewing 21 of those files; most applicants have had their status restored, though others remain in limbo.
- NDP immigration critic Jenny Kwan and other specialists argue the government's narrow interpretation unfairly penalizes descendants of "Lost Canadians," calling on the department to reconsider its policy given the cultural significance of these links to Acadia.
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U.S. descendants of Acadians deported from Canada in 1700s seeking to become citizens
Nadine Morin, a documentation specialist at the Anselme-Chiasson Centre for Acadian Studies at the Université de Moncton, said she's received genealogy requests from at least 30 people since January.
·Ottawa, Canada
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‘Lost Canadians’ law opens door for descendants of Acadians to become citizens
OTTAWA - Dozens of Acadians living in the United States are among those hoping to become Canadian citizens under the country's new citizenship by descent law — but one expert
·Toronto, Canada
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Dozens of Acadians living in the United States are among those hoping to obtain Canadian citizenship under the new Citizenship by filiation Act — but, according to one expert, the restrictive interpretation of the rules by the Department of Immigration seems to ignore the history of this particular group.
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