Mark Carney to appear in video played at Canadian citizenship ceremonies

Other PMs have attended citizenship ceremonies and delivered remarks (e.g., PMs Trudeau and Harper). Trudeau apparently had a pre-recorded message but unclear how widely used. Couldn’t find Trudeau text but Harper speech had a political aspect with respect to asylum seekers. Carney video not yet up on IRCC website. Not as fussed about this as some as long as the message is non-partisan and general welcome to Canada:

New citizens of Canada will soon see a video featuring Prime Minister Mark Carney at citizenship ceremonies, according to access-to-information records obtained Blacklock’s Reporter.

Though government guidelines permit elected officials to attend in-person citizenship ceremonies, the ceremonies are officially supposed to be non-partisan.

“The Department of Immigration confirms that Prime Minister Carney’s bilingual congratulatory video should be received by the department in the near future,” said a French-language memo, per Blacklock’s Reporter.

The Prime Minister’s Office did not respond to Blacklock’s questions yesterday regarding the video.

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