Ending Birthright Citizenship in Canada Would Be Good Policy and Simple to Do

There is no Charter right to birthright citizenship in Canada. All that would be required to end it would be an amendment to the Citizenship Act.

A Canadian passport is seen in Ottawa in a file photo. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick

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If through bad luck or bad planning you or your significant other gave birth while on vacation in Bali, you would not expect your baby to be given Indonesian citizenship. Yet in Canada, a baby born to a tourist mother is instantly a citizen.