Trudeau plans repeal of Tory union, citizenship laws as Parliament returns
2016/01/26 1 Comment
These sources suggest a simple full repeal of C-24 rather than a more surgical approach on C-24. Broader than platform and mandate letter commitments:
So the economy will be the priority. But government sources suggest it won’t be the sole preoccupation in the first two weeks as the new government looks to put a positive stamp on these early days in power.
Among the measures expected to be dealt with through new legislation:
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Repealing the Conservative’s Bill C-24, which allows the government to strip Canadian citizenship from dual citizens who are convicted of terrorism-related offences.
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Repealing two other Conservative laws that the Liberals argue weaken the rights of trade unions. They are Bill C-377, which requires unions to disclose how they spend members’ dues, as well as Bill C-525, which makes it harder for unions to organize in federally-regulated workplaces.
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Introducing parliamentary oversight for Canada’s national security agencies, though the commitment to repeal parts of the previous government’s anti-terrorism law, Bill C-51, is expected to come later.
Source: Trudeau plans repeal of Tory union, citizenship laws as Parliament returns – Politics – CBC News
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Thanks for sharing what is, to me, very encouraging news, Andrew. I have been watching anxiously to see if or when we might expect the new government to deal with the citizenship situation in Canada.
It was appalling to many to see the creation of an obvious two tiered citizenship in Canada. Unbelievable, but all the younger people in my family and thousands of others, immigrants or descendants of immigrants, became “second class citizens”.. Suddenly they were seen as objects of suspicion to those already against dual citizenship(i.e. vicious comments to be seen every time the topic was in the news media) Already they would be treated differently under the law because of their right to dual citizenship and other restrictions were intended to follow. Those in my family were all born in Canada and are all perfectly good Canadian citizens, living and working here all their lives. But, because of a parent born in WWII Britain due to grandparents serving in the military in WWII, they have that dual citizenship. Even if they somehow managed to renounce the British citizenship, they would still be eligible to have it reinstated unless they committed an act deserving of loss of citizenship. So they would still be subject to Bill C-24 rules on revocation in Canada. Why, on earth, would a supposedly sane government punish the descendants of their own military of pre-1947 wars in this way? And thousands of immigrants arrived after the war and through the years, often from countries whereby they may have dual citizenship: even though they have contributed greatly to the Canada we have today, it is not enough to prevent them from “second class” citizenship, and there is no way to upgrade.
Bill C-24 was rushed through without sufficient consultation or, it seems, consideration of the effects on such huge numbers of Canadians. The revocation clause is an example of how flawed this legislation seems to be. Even the clause viewed as positive in purporting to restore citizenship to Lost Canadians did not apply to everyone. It reflected the governments strong adherence to the belief that there were no Canadian citizens prior to 1947: that still stands, and that is one of the primary reasons many of us lost that citizenship in the first place.
I am not a lawyer or any kind of expert but it does appear to me, as an ordinary person living in Canada for 70 years, that we all deserve something better and much more secure in the way of a Citizenship Act. I hope they repeal the whole thing and start anew with a positive approach, showing some appreciation and faith in the value of their own citizens in Canada.