The Conservative Party passed a resolution that people born in Canada aren't Canadian if their parents aren't citizens. What a wacky policy that might capture the "birth tourists" that they're obsessed with, but will also have unintended consequences that reach much farther than just that.
For instance, I wouldn't have been a Canadian. My parents weren't here as birth tourists.
Where's Michael Chong gone? He used to speak sense to this kind of nonsense. Has he been drummed out of the party?
Isn't it only in certain cases though? It seems pretty clear that two parents who are permanent residents here and have children here will have their kids become Canadians at birth, don't see how any party could possibly change that.
We should have cut this birth tourism nonsense off decades ago. Canada and US are one of the few countries in the world that still have full birthright citizenship. Australia and New Zealand limit citizenship to babies with at least 1 parent who is a citizen or legal resident, for example. People come here, have a baby, and then when their immigration claim is denied they try to use that as a reason they should be allowed to stay. Meanwhile their kid gets education and healthcare paid for etc.
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