Waking Up Canadian!

[Kalstolyn]

So last Friday (April 17) a new citizenship law came into effect in Canada automatically granting Canadian citizenship to people born outside of Canada to Canadian parents. Previously, these people had to apply to retain their citizenship prior to their 28th birthdays. Now you only have to do that if your Canadian parent was also born outside of Canada.

So... Discuss:

Did you wake up Canadian last week?
What do you think of this new law?
Did you know that most born Canadians can't pass the Canadian Citizenship test? (It's really hard!!!)
Back bacon!
Fries with cheese curds and gravy!
I AM CANADIAN!  

[Sanzoskitsune]

crying I did not wake up Canadian, though that would've been all kinds of awesome  

[Kalstolyn]

It's okay Sanzo, we still love you.  

[Erverain]

Bah, Canadian bacon is just ham!
Though I will admit that the highest quality syrups come from Canada. Been there once, was rather cold. And the Quebecois are terribly French. More French than the French, in fact...  

[Kalstolyn]

Yeah Quebec is a strange strange place. And you must have been here in not-summer...

About Canadian bacon: I actually had to go look up what it was because well, it's not called Candadian bacon in Canada. It's called back bacon, which is what it is. Not quite ham, since that is pig butt. The plain old bacon that everyone is used to is side bacon. So confusing!  

[Erverain]

And ground pig's hooves goes into Jell-O. Pigs are a very multi-use livestock animal. Like a cow, but with less tasty milk.  

[invisible-weirdo]

The term back bacon sounds unpleasant =/  

[Alarias]

invisible-weirdo

The term back bacon sounds unpleasant =/

It certainly does.

UrbanDictionary

1. back bacon - More commonly known as peameal bacon served with breakfast. Also known as the fat that sticks out of the sides of chicks who where clothes that are too tight, or wear high cut tops and low cut pants, leaving blubber or 'back bacon hanging out the side.

 

[Trish the Stalker]

I woke up Canadian every day of my life. It's pretty special smile

-Formerly La Belle Isolde-

 

[YukiOfTheMightnightHour]

Was born Canadian with English born parents, its AWESOMENESS!!! heart heart heart mrgreen  

[Shram]

I am an old ATG member =]

Does this work with grandparents?
cus that would be awesome for me xP

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[Bassios]

I wanna wake up Canadian.

It'd be fuuuuuuun whee

 

[Taeryyn]

My mum had to jump through hoops to officially be a citizen. : /

She was born in France to Canadian parents, and moved back here shortly after that. She paid taxes, had provincial healthcare wherever she went, and it was a non-issue until she tried to get her passport in her 30s. They told her she wasn't a Canadian citizen or something.

The details are a bit foggy, since I only remember it indirectly. She didn't have to write the citizenship test, though.

Also, I would fail the citizenship test. So would almost everyone I know. It's ridiculously hard and full of stuff that most citizens don't remember/know. >.>  

[Trish the Stalker]

I dunno, the questions aren't that hard, I found some practice questions online. I got 70% going in cold and "A pass mark of 12 out of 20 is required."  

[Kalstolyn]

Shram

I am an old ATG member =]

Does this work with grandparents?
cus that would be awesome for me xP

Click here to PM Me regarding ATG.
I am not a Mod but I am a regular and will always answer if you ask =]

It would be worth a try, Shram! Basically one or more of your parents was born outside Canada and didn't apply to retain citizenship before his or her 28th birthday, is that right? It should then be easier for you to gain Canadian citizenship under the new law than it would have previously (as long as you're not 28 yet). But I being a second (or subsequent) generation born outside of Canada, you don't automatically get citizenship. You still have to apply to retain or regain it, since your parent(s) lost theirs.

@Tae, under the old law, if she had been under 28 at the time she would not have had a problem because they would have had her fill out the paperwork to retain her citizenship. The new law is to prevent people from having to be in that exact situation. For example, my cousin's daughter was born in Alaska and there was some question in our minds over whether she would be a Canadian citizen or a United Statesian one. Under the new law, she doesn't have to do anything to remain Canadian, it just automatically happens for her.