The Importance Of Citizenship In Canada

One of the many things that Canadian parents expect to be able to do is pass their citizenship onto their children and as a result their grandchildren as well. As of April 17th, 2009 under the law of Bill C-24 if Canadian parents are living abroad and they give birth to a child that child will be considered a Canadian citizen as well, however, if that child decides to follow in their parent’s footsteps and live abroad and have a child that child may not be considered a Canadian. In 2011 Jennifer and Evan Brown had the opportunity to move to the United States. This is where they would give birth to their first child. After talking with a fellow parent who had also given birth abroad the Brown’s discovered that under the legislation put into place by the Conservative government their grandchildren would not be eligible for Canadian citizenship. The Brown family, along with another family have decided to fight for the abolition of this law so that every Canadian citizen will be able to pass the rights and opportunities to their child, no matter where they are born. There has been great concern that this rule will restrict children born abroad from acting on
It may prevent Canadian companies from expanding into other Countries due to the fear that many employees may not want to go out to help start the business. It is hopeful that bill C-6, the bill working to strike down this law will help open the doors for many individuals and their future children.

References

Zilio, M. (2016, July 15). Children born abroad to Canadians may end up as 'lost Canadians' Retrieved July 17, 2016, from