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Friday, February 7, 2014

Citizenship bill tightens rules for new citizens, takes aim at fraud

By JOSH WINGROVE AND JOE FRIESEN- Feb. 06 2014, 

Go to the Globe and Mail homepageNew Canadians are sworn in during a citizenship ceremony in Markham, Ont. (FRED LUM/THE GLOBE AND MAIL)Bill would give government the new power to strip citizenship in certain extreme cases

Canada is overhauling its citizenship laws, raising the bar for people to apply to become Canadian and increasing penalties for those who scam the system.