A retired senior immigration official has launched a petition to demand the government abandon its plan
Since then, more than 15,290 of the ceremonies have been held online in front of an authorized official, generally a citizenship judge.
“Why should these new citizens who pass their test and have all the time be robbed of having a special symbolic ceremony that’s required under the Citizenship Act?” More than 700 comments were left on the notice of the citizenship change published in the Canada Gazette during the consultation period that ended in March.
“They had to take time off work and we were a low-income family. For them to have missed work, it meant that they lost a day of income. And for a family of eight who’s struggling to survive, and for my parents to put food on the table, that was a big deal,” said Kwan, whose mother worked as a dishwasher and father did multiple part-time shift jobs to support the family.
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