Canada’s citizenship drift: Andrew Griffith in Canadian Affairs – MLI

April 27, 2026

Liberal policies and court rulings have prioritized granting access to citizenship over cultivating a sense of identity and belonging.

Canada’s citizenship policies need to strike the right balance between granting access and fostering belonging and identity.

The process for obtaining citizenship should be attainable but also ensure prospective citizens are genuinely committed to Canada’s laws, values and social norms.

In Canada, citizenship policy has increasingly favoured facilitation over meaningfulness. This is a departure from the Harper era, when the government made citizenship harder to obtain and easier to lose.

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