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{
"time": "2023-04-24 17:45:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Tom Kmiec (Calgary Shepard, CPC)",
"fr": "M. Tom Kmiec (Calgary Shepard, PCC)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"7706473\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, the member misunderstood what the sponsor of the Senate bill had suggested at committee, which was that, while the principle is a good one and should be investigated further, there are different ways to regain Canadian citizenship. Someone could have a grant of citizenship; they could have citizenship by birth in Canada; and they could have citizenship passed on because they have a substantive connection to Canada, like parents or grandparents who are Canadian.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7706474\" data-originallang=\"en\">There are situations in the Citizenship Act, because there are multiple versions of the Citizenship Act that have been changed over many decades. Every time we think we have plugged a hole, we usually create new exceptions, but the mover and sponsor of this Senate bill is very specific in that she was okay with changing the wording in her bill, and the current group of lost Canadians would be addressed. However, any new lost Canadians would have to be addressed in new legislation.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"7706473\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, le d\u00e9put\u00e9 a mal compris ce que la marraine du projet de loi du S\u00e9nat a dit au comit\u00e9: m\u00eame si son principe est bon et qu'il faudrait se pencher davantage sur la question, il y a diff\u00e9rentes fa\u00e7ons de r\u00e9cup\u00e9rer la citoyennet\u00e9 canadienne. Une personne pourrait se voir attribuer la citoyennet\u00e9, elle pourrait avoir obtenu la citoyennet\u00e9 de naissance, ou elle pourrait lui avoir \u00e9t\u00e9 transmise parce qu'elle a des liens importants avec le Canada; par exemple, ses parents ou ses grands-parents pourraient \u00eatre des Canadiens. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7706474\" data-originallang=\"en\">Il y a diverses situations dans la Loi sur la citoyennet\u00e9, car cette loi a \u00e9t\u00e9 modifi\u00e9e \u00e0 maintes reprises au fil des d\u00e9cennies. Chaque fois qu'on pense avoir colmat\u00e9 une br\u00e8che, on cr\u00e9e g\u00e9n\u00e9ralement de nouvelles exceptions, mais la s\u00e9natrice qui a propos\u00e9 ce projet de loi a \u00e9t\u00e9 tr\u00e8s claire sur le fait qu'elle \u00e9tait d'accord pour qu'on modifie le libell\u00e9 de son projet de loi afin qu'on puisse r\u00e9gler la situation du groupe de Canadiens actuellement d\u00e9poss\u00e9d\u00e9s de leur citoyennet\u00e9. Par contre, il faudra pr\u00e9senter un nouveau projet de loi pour tout autre nouveau groupe \u00e9ventuel.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2023/4/24/tom-kmiec-7/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/tom-kmiec/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4224/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "12156444",
"h1": {
"en": "Routine Proceedings",
"fr": "Affaires Courantes"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Committees of the House",
"fr": "Les comit\u00e9s de la Chambre"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2023/4/24/",
"related": {
"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2023%2F4%2F24%2F"
}
}