Asks the House of Commons to formally recognize that the 111,000 Canadians who died in the First and Second World Wars were Canadian citizens, and that citizenship and its legal rights existed before January 1, 1947.
Asks the House of Commons to formally recognize that the 111,000 Canadians who died in the First and Second World Wars were Canadian citizens, and that citizenship and its legal rights existed before January 1, 1947.
Sponsored by Patrick Weiler (West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country) · Liberal
If adopted, the House would officially state that Canadian citizenship and its legal rights predate 1947, which could affect how the country records the status of its war dead and its earlier citizens.
The full petition text
The Government of Canada's own death certificates recorded Canadians who fell in the First and Second World Wars as "Canadian" citizens;
The Government of Canada now says they were never citizens — that Canadian citizenship only began on January 1, 1947; and
The Government of Canada has conceded before the Supreme Court that Canadian citizenship existed as early as 1870 (Manitoba Metis Federation Inc. v. Canada (AG), 2013 SCC 14)
We, the undersigned,citizens of Canada, call upon theHouse of Commons in Parliament assembledto formally acknowledge that the 111,000 Canadians who fell in the First and Second World Wars were Canadian citizens — and that Canadian citizenship and the legal rights of citizenship existed before January 1, 1947.
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