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: We are three volunteers who regularly participated as roundtable hosts in citizenship ceremonies held in Toronto’s Thorncliffe Park and Flemingdon Park neighbourhoods, all under the auspices of the Institute for Canadian Citizenship.
We can attest to the significance of the experience afforded by the in-person ceremony, and especially the enhanced ceremony created by Adrienne Clarkson and John Ralston Saul, and undertaken by the institute. We agree that “people want ceremonies to mark important passages in their lives” and “welcoming people in person is the least we can do as a country.”
Lets scrap this mean-spirited reduction and maintain ceremonies that provide meaningful experiences for those accepting Canadian citizenship.We attended a citizenship ceremony a number of years ago. If memory serves, more than 60 countries were represented by hundreds of newcomers. With tearing eyes and lumps in throats, we sangA Rotarian friend took a facsimile of this ceremony to high schools with similar results. We need this ceremony and the emotional attachment it brings to this momentous occasion.
Rather than reducing the backlog with online ceremonies, let’s encourage more Canadians to attend in person. They may learn something about their country.
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