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Foreign-Adopted Children Citizenship Exemption
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Senate Urged to Consider Foreign-Adopted Children Citizenship Exemption in Bill C-3 Review

Calls for a foreign-adopted children citizenship exemption gained momentum this week as legal experts urged a Senate committee to amend Bill C-3. The bill, which updates Canada’s citizenship rules, currently applies a substantial-connection test to children adopted abroad but not to those adopted domestically. Lawyers argue this creates an unfair double standard that may violate...