Canada Won’t Appeal Court Ruling Striking Down First Generation Limit to Canadian Citizenship

Published on January 24, 2024

Ottawa says it will not challenge a court ruling that found a portion of Canada’s Citizenship Act to be unconstitutional. Ontario’s Superior Court of Justice ruled on Dec. 19 that the “second-generation cut-off rule” was a violation of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms because it denies automatic citizenship to children born abroad if their Canadian parents were also born overseas. Immigration Minister Marc Miller said the government “will not appeal the ruling.” “This law, as it currently stands, has had unacceptable consequences for Canadians whose children were born outside the country,” Mr. Miller said in a statement this week....

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