BREAKING: We're going to court for citizenship justice
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- Published on Monday, 26 September 2016 08:15
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We're going to court for citizenship justice
Dear friends,
When a Canadian gets a parking ticket, they are entitled to a court hearing to defend themselves.
But ever since the Harper government passed Bill C-24, a single government official can strip a Canadian’s citizenship with no right to a fair hearing or even a right to see all the evidence against them.
Up to 60 Canadians each month are being issues revocation notices under this unfair process. Some people with access to lawyers have been able to halt their revocations while the court decides if the process is fair. Many people without lawyers have had their citizenship taken away.
We’ve asked the government time and time again to press pause on these revocations while the courts decide if this process is constitutional, or while the government makes the necessary changes to the law to ensure fairness, but they have repeatedly declined. That's why we're taking the government to court.
We are calling for all citizenship revocations to be put on pause until the courts consider whether this process is a violation of people’s Charter rights. We are also calling on the government to do the right thing and correct this unjust citizenship process before they are ordered to do so by the courts.
The Charter of Rights and Freedoms guarantees all Canadians the right to a fair hearing when the government imposes serious consequences on them, and today we are going to court to ensure that this right is upheld.
Thank you for standing with us.
Warmly,
Laura Track, Staff Counsel,
and the BCCLA team
