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  Citizenship - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Citizenship is membership in a political community (originally a city but now usually a state) and carries with it rights to political participation; a person having such membership is a citizen.
In recent years, some intergovernmental organisations have extended the concept and terminology associated with citizenship to the international level, where it is applied to the totality of the citizens of their constituent countries combined.
Whilst Commonwealth citizenship is sometimes enshrined in the written constitutions (where applicable) of Commonwealth states and is considered by some to be a form of dual citizenship, there have never been, nor are there any plans for a common passport.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Citizenship   (1408 words)

  
 Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : List of Canadian Ministers of Citizenship an...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Prior to 1950, the responsibilities of the original Citizenship and Immigration portfolio were largely within the post of Minister of Reconstruction and Supply (List), with the Indian Affairs branch the responsibility of the Minister of Mines and Resources (List).
The title "Minister of Citizenship and Immigration" was resuscitated in 1994.
Prior to 1994, the responsibilities of the current Citizenship and Immigration portfolio were divided between the posts of Minister of Multiculturalism and Citizenship (List) and Minister of Employment and Immigration (List).
www.hallencyclopedia.com /List_of_Canadian_Ministers_of_Citizenship_an...   (186 words)

  
 "Lost Canadian Children"
That authorized a special grant of citizenship to persons of Japanese ancestry, still alive, who were expelled from Canada and had their citizenship revoked in the period from 1941 to 1949.
Benner's Canadian citizenship was granted though he was born "abroad" in the U.S. to a Canadian mother, without the more onerous requirements of the point system.
The Court said "where access to a benefit such as citizenship is restricted on the basis of something so intimately connected to and so completely beyond the control of an applicant such as gender of his or her Canadian parent,"...
lostcanadianchildren.com   (4059 words)

  
 Seneca Libraries: Research Help
Reference books cannot be signed out but may be used in the library.
The Canadian 100: the 100 Most Influential Canadians of the Twentieth Century.
Canadian Regime: An Introduction to Parliamentary Government in Canada.
library.senecacollege.ca /Research_Help/citizenship.html   (430 words)

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