Carney’s Liberals, NDP Ensure ‘Citizenship-by-Descent’ Bill Passes Third Reading, Undoing Opposition Changes

Carney’s Liberals, NDP ensure ‘citizenship-by-descent’ bill passes third reading, undoing opposition changes

Amendments made by the opposition Conservatives and Bloc Québécois would have restricted the passage of citizenship by descent.

House Passes Bill C-3 Granting Citizenship by Descent

The Liberal government’s bill to amend Canada’s Citizenship Act was adopted in the House of Commons on Nov. 5, and will now go to the Senate after a majority of MPs voted in favour of the bill. The Liberals, NDP, and Greens voted in favour of Bill C-3 on third reading with 177 votes, while the Conservatives and Bloc Québécois voted against the bill, with 163 votes. Bill C-3 would allow Canadian parents born abroad to pass on citizenship to their…

Canada considers bill that would address ‘Lost Canadians,’ extend citizenship to more descendants of Canadians

Potentially many more upstate New Yorkers could be eligible for Canadian citizenship if that country’s Parliament approves a bill that’s being supported by their governing party.