Speech (committee meeting)

{
    "time": "2011-02-03 10:45:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mrs. Maria Mourani",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"2301139\" data-originallang=\"fr\">As I was saying with respect to dual citizenship, I would like to be given specific cases where Canadian citizenship took precedence. When an offence is committed in the person's country of origin and, I could go even further and say, even if no offence is committed\u2014here I'm referring to cases involving divorce or relations between the husband and wife\u2014again it's the man who holds the dominant position in certain countries. Women can end up having their children taken away from them. This doesn't even have to do with actual offences; it has to do with civil rights. It's fundamental. Canadian citizens with dual citizenship are currently second-class citizens. They don't have the same rights as citizens born in Canada with a single citizenship.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2301140\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Furthermore, children born in Canada of parents of a different origin may experience the same thing in their country of origin. This is serious, Mr. Chairman\u2014very serious. I believe Canada has a duty to protect all its citizens, whether they are born in Canada, have another origin, or whether they came here from another country and were not born in Canada. Citizenship must be the same for everyone. There are no half-citizens.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"2301139\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Comme je le disais, en ce qui concerne la double nationalit\u00e9, j'aimerais que l'on me cite des cas de personnes o\u00f9 c'est la citoyennet\u00e9 canadienne qui a pr\u00e9valu. Lorsque le crime est commis dans le pays d'origine et, on peut aller plus loin, m\u00eame s'il n'y a pas de crime \u2014 je parle de questions de divorce, de relations entre le mari et sa femme \u2014, c'est encore le pouvoir de l'homme qui domine, dans certains pays. Des femmes peuvent donc se retrouver dans des situations o\u00f9 on leur arrache leurs enfants. Ce ne sont m\u00eame pas des questions de crimes, ce sont des questions de droits civils. C'est fondamental. Des citoyens canadiens ayant une double nationalit\u00e9 sont, \u00e0 l'heure actuelle, des citoyens de deuxi\u00e8me cat\u00e9gorie. Ils n'ont pas les m\u00eames droits que des citoyens n\u00e9s au Canada et qui disposent d'une citoyennet\u00e9 unique.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2301140\" data-originallang=\"fr\">D'autre part, des enfants qui sont n\u00e9s au Canada mais qui sont d'une autre origine \u00e0 cause de leurs parents peuvent vivre la m\u00eame situation dans leur pays d'origine. C'est grave, monsieur le pr\u00e9sident, c'est tr\u00e8s grave. Je crois que le Canada a le devoir de prot\u00e9ger tous ses citoyens, qu'ils soient n\u00e9s au Canada et d'une autre origine ou qu'ils soient venus de l'\u00e9tranger et ne soient pas n\u00e9s au Canada. La citoyennet\u00e9 doit \u00eatre la m\u00eame pour tout le monde. Il n'y a pas de demi-citoyennet\u00e9.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/committees/public-safety/40-3/51/maria-mourani-17/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/maria-mourani/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/518/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "3713641",
    "document_url": "/committees/public-safety/40-3/51/",
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