Immigration Minister tables bill to extend citizenship rights to children born abroad

‘Monumental’: Canada to extend citizenship to children born abroad, restoring rights of ‘lost Canadians’

The legislation, which follows a court order that ruled against Canada’s current citizenship cutoff for second-generation children born abroad, was announced by Immigration Minister Marc Miller on Thursday morning.

Liberals Table Bill That Would Allow Canadians to Pass Citizenship Rights to Children Born Abroad

Immigration Minister Marc Miller has tabled legislation that would extend citizenship to some children born outside of Canada. “The proposed legislation will extend citizenship by descent beyond the first generation in a way that is inclusive and upholds the value of our citizenship,” he said during a press conference on May 23. Bill C-71, An Act to amend the Citizenship Act, would allow a Canadian parent born abroad to pass on citizenship to th…

Liberals propose automatic citizenship for children born to Canadians abroad

Children born to a Canadian parent outside the country will automatically get Canadian citizenship, so long as the parent has spent three years in Canada.

New bill would let Canadians to pass citizenship down to children born abroad

Move would reverse change Conservatives made in 2009, which was recently struck down in court

New bill will extend citizenship rights to some children born abroad

A new government bill tabled in the House of Commons on Thursday would allow Canadians to pass citizenship rights down to their children born outside the country — a move that would add an unknown number of new citizens.

Minister tables bill to extend citizenship rights to children born abroad

OTTAWA — Immigration Minister Marc Miller tabled legislation today that is intended to extend citizenship to some children born outside of the country.