Amended Bill That Would Extend Citizenship Rights to Some Born Abroad Heads to House

Amended Bill That Would Extend Citizenship Rights to Some Born Abroad Heads to House
The new Canadian passport is unveiled at an event at the Ottawa International Airport on May 10, 2023. Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press
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A committee of MPs approved Citizenship Act changes that allow some born abroad to adopt their Canadian parent’s citizenship Wednesday, despite objections from Conservatives about a lack of due process.

In 2009, the Conservative government changed the law to make it so that Canadian parents who were born abroad could not pass down their citizenship unless their child was born in Canada.