McCallum: I’ll consider moratorium on stripping citizenship without a hearing

Immigration Minister John McCallum wants the Senate to come to the aid of Canadians who are being stripped of their citizenship without a hearing.

And, in the meantime, he says he’ll consider imposing a moratorium on the practice.

Independent Sen. Ratna Omidvar, who is sponsoring another citizenship-related bill in the upper house, is planning an amendment that would allow those deemed to have misrepresented themselves to appeal a decision to revoke their citizenship.

McCallum, who was grilled by senators Tuesday, says he’d welcome such an amendment.

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