By failing to celebrate their 24th birthdays in Canada - Canadians may have unknowingly lost their citizenship?
An obscure provision in that nation's Citizenship Act — on the books from 1947 to 1977 — automatically stripped citizenship from Canadians who celebrated their 24th birthday outside the country within those dates without signing the proper form, CBC News said
Porteous is part of a group called the Lost Canadians, a group that may be as large as 20,000 — many of whom have no idea that they've lost their citizenship.
The Canadian government has moved to fast track the reinstatement of citizenship for the Lost Canadians.
2007-01-24 10:05:19 · 5 answers · asked by Akkita 6 in News & Events ➔ Current Events
Just thought it was a weird law ?
Wondered if anyone had ever heard about it before?
2007-01-24 10:18:39 · update #1
Hah, weird indeed. though in the US there have been worse laws made/ passed, sometimes due to them being inserted on the 1000-something-th page, with the "addition" having nothing related with the title/main law.
2007-01-24 10:14:17 · answer #1 · answered by filatovvv 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Whyever did they have the law on the books? And what is the significance of a Canadian's 24th birthday? How strange.
2007-01-24 10:13:57 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Interesting Factoid..
2007-01-24 10:09:06 · answer #3 · answered by worldsource19 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
oh my gosh, that's the second time now this happens to me.
2007-01-24 13:42:41 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
So, what's the question?
2007-01-24 10:13:39 · answer #5 · answered by rbarc 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋