Citizenship handed out too soon, immigrantion not managed well enough

[gsyh]

1. Citizenship: I really think that citizenship had been handed out and kept too easily. Instead of 3 years, it really should require 6-10 years, with 4 years set as an exception for immigrants under the age of 18 who have been raised in our schools. If people were to actually live aboard, the naturalized or the native-born, I think they should

Comments

[jawnbc]

3 years, not 4. Do your homework.

Were you born in Canada?

No

[gsyh]

Though I was a child when 'I' passed my citizenship, and I totally remembered it as 4 years, or maybe I never did look it up but settled on 4 years because of the voting thing.

Eeeep, just 3 years?

Re: No

[jawnbc]

Yup. Australia only requires 2 years of residency.

So long as you're willing to have these principles applied retroactively to yourself and your family...

We'll pass

[gsyh]

We've been here for a decade, there was a job lined up before we even got here which was another reason why it's Canada instead of the States (we've also been applying for years before and waited until we have been approved instead of illegally hopping), we never had to go on welfare, my parents already know some English since we were from Hong Kong, and both of them took night classes at some point, and the one that doesn't work 40h/wk volunteers.

I was a very precocious child that kept up with the news before I was grade school age in Hong Kong, and knew the politics there (though I've forgotten now). Had I been able to vote as soon as I've made citizen (which I couldn’t because I was underage), I would not have been ready. It takes more than 3 years, especially when you remember that much of that 3 years will be occupied by settling in (housing, language, job, networking).

Re: No

[rogula]

We don't apply changes to the criminal code retroactivly... why would we apply changes to the immigration act such?