Lost Canadians – what if you found out you are not a citizen after all?
Today’s news story (seen first here on Yahoo! Canada) says that hundreds, possibly thousands, of Canadians are finding out they might not be citizens after all. How, you ask?
Well, apparently, there was a provision that stated that if you were out of the country and did not sign some document immediately following your 24th birthday, you forfeited your citizenship. This was in place in the 40′s and 70′s, so mainly affecting people older than 60 or so…
How would you feel if you found out all of a sudden that you are living sort of a lie? How would you feel about your history and ancestry?
Would you feel angry at the country? At the government? What would you do? Lobby?
My blood is boiling when I read things like that
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/23012007/3/canada-passport-applicants-find-re-canadian.html
Well Canada is a fogiving country but I think they are looking for ways to save on the Old Age Pensions they will have to fork out soon.
Yes I would enfuriated at the prospect that I am not a Canadian anymore because the government found some way to get rid of us after having payed in so many tax dollars.
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