The Senate has amended the Citizenship Act to allow citizenship judges to perform their duties by electronic means.
The June 22 amendment states, “A citizenship judge and the Registrar of Canadian Citizenship may in the exercise of their powers and performance of their duties and functions of this Act use the electronic means that are made available or specified by the Minister.”
According to Blacklock’s Reporter, the Department of Immigration refused numerous requests for an explanation on whether the amendment means it planned to eliminate in-person ceremonies as a legal requirement to obtain citizenship, and instead allow immigrants to swear allegiance to the country by clicking a box on a federal website….