CA Gov
The Honourable Marc Miller, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, issued the following statement:
"The Citizenship Act currently includes a 'first generation limit' to citizenship by descent, which means that children born abroad to Canadian citizens beyond the first generation generally do not acquire Canadian citizenship automatically at birth. On December 19, 2023, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice declared that the first generation limit for those born abroad is unconstitutional.
"This law, as it currently stands, has had unacceptable consequences for Canadians whose children were born outside the country. For this reason, we will not appeal the ruling.
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