Você acorda canadense hoje?

A new Canadian citizenship law entrou em vigor em abril 17, 2009 que pode grant Canadian citizenship to thousands of people, muitos dos quais são americanos.

To promote this new law, Citizenship and Immigration Canada has released a YouTube video, “Acordar canadense.” Corny, sim, but the law is a serious change.

According to the government’s comunicado de imprensa announcing the new law:

The changes implemented today mean that certain people who became Canadian citizens on or after January 1, 1947, when the first citizenship act took effect, and who then lost citizenship, will have their status restored back to the date they lost it. Some may have lost it when they left the country. Outros, born outside Canada, may have ceased to be Canadian by not taking steps to retain their citizenship.

The changes will also grant citizenship to those who have never been Canadian, but who are part of the first generation born outside Canada on or after January 1, 1947, to a Canadian parent. Their citizenship will be retroactive to their date of birth.

Você acorda canadense? Go to the CIC’s website “Am I a Canadian citizen under the new law?” to find out.