B.C. woman gets day in court in fight to be recognized as Canadian – The Globe and Mail

Another of the ‘Lost Canadians,’ Jackie Scott, those who married non-Canadians before the Canadian citizenship act came into being in 1947. Like all such cases, the details can be a bit messy, given the nature of how some people’s lives don’t neatly fit the requirements, and the number who split their life between Canada and other countries.

Will be interesting to see how the courts rule.

B.C. woman gets day in court in fight to be recognized as Canadian – The Globe and Mail.

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