06/20/2026
Canada did something right when it passed Bill C-3, the Act to Amend the Citizenship Act, and brought it into force on December 15, 2025.
The legislation corrected a genuine constitutional injustice that had separated thousands of Lost Canadians from citizenship they should have inherited at birth.
An Ontario Superior Court ruling in the Bjorkquist case had already declared the old first-generation limit unconstitutional in 2023, and Parliament responded by removing the generational cap entirely for anyone born before the law took effect.
That much was overdue and fair.
What was not anticipated is the scale of what came next and the serious questions it now raises about what Canadian citizenship actually means in practice.
Six months after Bill C-3 took effect, the evidence is mounting that Canada’s citizenship by descent framework now appears unusually permissive compared with several peer countries.
Early data and reported applicant behaviour suggest many new applicants may be treating it as a contingency document by people abroad who have no immediate intention of living, working, paying taxes, or building any kind of life in Canada.
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