ICYMI: Bill C-24 set to change who gets to be Canadian | Q with Jian Ghomeshi

2014/06/16 1 Comment

Jian Ghomeshi on C-24 and what it means to be a Canadian (4 minutes):

We as citizens seem to have missed the opportunity to have a larger national debate …. appears to divide Canadians into two classes: those that hold Canadian citizenship and those that hold more than one passport, and somehow that doesn’t ring true … a citizen is a citizen …

Q Essay: Bill C-24 set to change who gets to be Canadian | Q with Jian Ghomeshi | CBC Radio.

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One Response to ICYMI: Bill C-24 set to change who gets to be Canadian | Q with Jian Ghomeshi

  1. Marion Vermeersch's avatar Marion Vermeersch says:
    2014/06/17 at 12:03

    Yes, we certainly did miss out on a debate. I saw very little in the press anywhere and, in Ontario, all focus was on the election. All parties seemed to talk of little but economic issues – important but not, I think, as crucial as basic citizenship. Perhaps people won’t realize what has happened until it affects them personally, if they should suddenly find out they are “second class citizens” by way of this legislation.

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