MPs vote to reverse Conservative changes to Lost Canadians bill

Bill C-3 seeks to reverse a change made by the Harper government in 2009 that stripped foreign-born Canadians of their automatic right to citizenship.

The Liberals and NDP have reversed Conservative changes to a citizenship bill that would have imposed security screening and language requirements before children born abroad to foreign-born Canadians could qualify for a passport.

The changes to Bill C-3 had been introduced at a Commons committee by the Conservatives with the support of the Bloc Québécois.

The Liberal government’s bill aims to reverse a change by Stephen Harper’s Conservative government in 2009 that stripped people, who are often known as Lost Canadians, of their automatic right to citizenship.

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