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| Terrorists should lose Canadian papers, minister says | Terrorists should lose Canadian papers, minister says |
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| Canada should strip its dual citizens of their passports if they commit an act of terror abroad, the country's immigration minister has said. | Canada should strip its dual citizens of their passports if they commit an act of terror abroad, the country's immigration minister has said. |
| Jason Kenney's proposed law change comes a day after a Canadian with dual Lebanese citizenship was linked to a bus bombing last summer in Bulgaria. | Jason Kenney's proposed law change comes a day after a Canadian with dual Lebanese citizenship was linked to a bus bombing last summer in Bulgaria. |
| Bulgaria blamed the attack, which killed five Israeli tourists and the bus driver, on Hezbollah. | Bulgaria blamed the attack, which killed five Israeli tourists and the bus driver, on Hezbollah. |
| The suspect came to Canada with his family aged eight, Mr Kenney said. | The suspect came to Canada with his family aged eight, Mr Kenney said. |
| The suspect obtained Canadian citizenship some years later, but returned to Lebanon when he was 12 years old and has remained there ever since. | The suspect obtained Canadian citizenship some years later, but returned to Lebanon when he was 12 years old and has remained there ever since. |
| 'Acts of war' | 'Acts of war' |
| Dual citizens have clearly renounced loyalty to Canada if they have links to terrorism, said the Conservative minister. | Dual citizens have clearly renounced loyalty to Canada if they have links to terrorism, said the Conservative minister. |
| "Canadian citizenship is predicated on loyalty to this country, and I cannot think of a more obvious act of renouncing one's sense of loyalty than going and committing acts of terror," Mr Kenney told reporters. | "Canadian citizenship is predicated on loyalty to this country, and I cannot think of a more obvious act of renouncing one's sense of loyalty than going and committing acts of terror," Mr Kenney told reporters. |
| Mr Kenney pointed to a private member's bill by Conservative MP Devinder Shory that would amend the current Citizenship Act in two ways. | |
| It would expedite citizenship for permanent residents serving in the Canadian Forces, and would strip citizenship from those who engage in "acts of war" against Canada, CBC News reported. | It would expedite citizenship for permanent residents serving in the Canadian Forces, and would strip citizenship from those who engage in "acts of war" against Canada, CBC News reported. |
| A member of the opposition has described Mr Kenney's proposal as a "knee-jerk response". | A member of the opposition has described Mr Kenney's proposal as a "knee-jerk response". |
| Other countries, such as the US and Australia, already have similar policies. | Other countries, such as the US and Australia, already have similar policies. |
| The July 2012 bombing at Burgas airport on the Black Sea coast was the deadliest attack on Israelis abroad since 2004. | The July 2012 bombing at Burgas airport on the Black Sea coast was the deadliest attack on Israelis abroad since 2004. |