McCallum promises ‘radical changes to the citizenship bill’

Liberal MPs say the government should eliminate the language requirement for new immigrants to apply for Canadian citizenship.

Liberal MPs Shaun Chen, Gary Anandasangaree, Darshan Kang and Sukh Dhaliwal want Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship John McCallum to waive language test for new immigrants who want to apply for Canadian citizenship.The Hill Times photographs by Jake Wright

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BY ABBAS RANA

February 8, 2016

Immigration Minister John McCallum says the government will be "producing radical changes" to the Citizenship Act in the next few weeks. Liberal have been telling him that the government should eliminate the language requirement for new immigrants to apply for Canadian citizenship, which was bro...

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