Ottawa retables ‘Lost Canadians’ bill in bid to restore citizenship rights before court deadline

Immigration Minister Lena Diab reintroduced a bill on Thursday to grant citizenship to children born abroad to foreign-born Canadians.

The federal government has reintroduced a bill to grant citizenship to “Lost Canadians” – children born abroad to foreign-born Canadians – after an attempt by the Liberals to restore their right to hold a passport died before the election.

The Liberals introduced a bill in the last Parliament to restore citizenship to “Lost Canadians.” But it was one of more than 20 bills stopped in their tracks by the proroguing of Parliament ahead of the federal election.

The Ontario Superior Court ruled in December 2023 that it is unconstitutional to deny citizenship to

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