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100K backlog: Forcing timely Bill C-3 citizenship decisions

By Colin R. Singer ( July 13, 2026, 11:48 AM EDT) -- When Bill C-3, An Act to amend the Citizenship Act (2025), took effect last December, the federal government took a predictable victory lap. By passing the legislation, Ottawa permanently dismantled the “first-generation limit” that stripped Canadian citizenship from thousands of children born abroad to Canadian parents. Politicians hailed it as the ultimate remedy for the “Lost Canadians.”...
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