The Conservative Party is making moves to restrict birthright citizenship for some people in Canada.

In a statement shared on X on Tuesday, Oct. 7, Conservative MP and immigration critic Michelle Rempel Garner said she had moved to amend Bill C-3, An Act to amend the Citizenship Act (2025) , to end birthright citizenship for children of temporary residents.

Essentially, the Conservatives want to limit automatic Canadian citizenship to individuals who have at least one parent who is either a citizen or a permanent resident.

According to Canadian law , any individual born in the country is automatically a Canadian citizen.

Rempel Garner argued that Canada’s unrestricted birthright citizenship is “likely to be abused by people seeking to stay in the country after their visa expire

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