HANSARD: Bill C-3 on the question around substantial connections

Debates of June 19th, 2025
House of Commons Hansard #19 of the 45th Parliament, 1st session

Bill C-3
Citizenship Act
Government Orders

11:45 a.m.

 

Jenny Kwan Vancouver East, BC
NDP

Mr. Speaker, I too worked well with my hon. colleague on the immigration committee in previous Parliaments.

With this particular bill, Bill C-3, which is substantively the same as Bill C-71, Canada will finally be charter-compliant with the gender discrimination components of the Citizenship Act. Is that not something we should actually act on?

On the question around substantial connections, there are provisions in the bill that speak to substantial connections. To his point that people actually—

 

The Deputy Speaker Tom Kmiec
Conservative

I have to interrupt the member to give the member for Lac-Saint-Jean the time to respond.

The member for Lac-Saint-Jean has 30 seconds to respond.

Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe Lac-Saint-Jean, QC
Bloc

Mr. Speaker, we unfortunately did not have time to hear the entire question.

All we can say is that Bill C‑3 will correct an injustice once and for all. The amendments from Bill C‑71 are already included in Bill C‑3. In fact, it is as though we were passing Bill C‑71 without the parliamentary obstruction that took place at the time.

I think that now is the time to do it.

https://openparliament.ca/debates/2025/6/19/jenny-kwan-3/

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