Government missed the most important reform in amending citizenship legislation

The cost for adults applying for citizenship must be reduced to at most $300, including the $100 right of citizenship fee, and quickly.

Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen, pictured in a Hill scrum recently. Recent amendments to the Citizenship Act rolled back many of the restrictive provisions introduced by the previous government, write Andrew Griffith and Robert Vineberg. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY ANDREW GRIFFITH, ROBERT VINEBERG

November 20, 2017

OTTAWA—Recent amendments to the Citizenship Act rolled back many of the restrictive provisions introduced by the previous government. These include reducing the residence period to apply for citizenship from four out of the previous six years to three out of five years; allowing half of the time s...

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