Canada Won’t Appeal Court Ruling Striking Down First Generation Limit to Canadian Citizenship

Minister of Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Marc Miller rises during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Oct. 19, 2023. Justin Tang /The Canadian Press

Ottawa says it will not challenge a court ruling that found a portion of Canada’s Citizenship Act to be unconstitutional.

Ontario’s Superior Court of Justice ruled on Dec. 19 that the “second-generation cut-off rule” was a violation of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms because it denies automatic citizenship to children born abroad if their Canadian parents were also born overseas.