Ottawa Asks to Jail Migrants, Asylum Seekers Despite Rights Violations

  • fourish@lemmy.world
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    14 days ago

    Would really just like the government to end birthright citizenship in Canada. If parents aren’t Canadian through birth or gaining citizenship then any kids born here don’t get it either.

    I’d say that if the parents get citizenship within 5 years of the child’s birth and can pass a comprehensive (spoken) language test in English or French at grade 7 level, then their kids can get citizenship as well.

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      14 days ago

      Birthright without any conditions is dumb in this day and age.

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      14 days ago

      Can I ask your reason for wanting this? (Preferably not just “their parents aren’t citizens, why should they be?”)

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        6 days ago

        Racism, xenophobia, not understanding that immigration is part of what makes Canada Canada. Maybe all the foreigners should get off Native land and go back to Europe, Asia etc. No birthright citizenship after all.

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          18 hours ago

          Oh I knew that’s why they were saying it, I just wanted to see what their asinine justification for the stance would have been had they responded.