OTTAWA — The Liberal government’s update to immigration law is poised to be changed by the Senate after a major amendment was introduced Thursday. Under Conservative legislation that took effect in May 2015 (referred to as Bill C-24), the process for citizenship revocation was significantly streamlined, and revocation notices have since ramped up significantly. RelatedDrawing laughter from fellow senators, McCoy gave an example of how anonymous the revocation system has become. “This amendment is not going to fix everything, but it goes a long way,” McCoy said. It addresses a “serious shortcoming,” he said, and will make the entire citizenship revocation process “much fairer.”“Some will wonder why are we doing favours to people who have cheated the system.

Source: National Post March 09, 2017 21:00 UTC