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The Canadians citizenship ceremony to me was fascinating, because it begins with an aboriginal land acknowledgement. Since when? I grew up in Canada and obtai
by btilly 6y ago
The Canadians citizenship ceremony to me was fascinating, because it begins with an aboriginal land acknowledgement.
Since when?
I grew up in Canada and obtained citizenship there in 1990. (After the USA decided that they were sick and tired of losing dual citizenship cases in the Supreme Court and stopped pursuing them.) There was no such acknowledgement of the ceremony that I took part in.
Incidentally my children get to be Canadian. But my grandchildren do not unless they are born in Canada. That seems reasonable.
- Teever 6y agoI would imagine that this is a recent thing introduced by the Liberal government under Justin Trudeau.
- refurb 6y agoI was going to say, the current oath doesn’t have that in there at all. https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/publications-manuals/operational-bulletins-manuals/canadian-citizenship/ceremony/oath.html https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/co...
- mattm 6y agoIt looks like this is mentioned as a possible change to the oath[1] from a 2015 report by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission[2]. But if the current government of Canada website lists the oath without the phrase "including treaties with Indigenous peoples", then I would guess it was never officially changed. Perhaps it was added as part of the ceremony in another manner but not officially in the oath. [1] https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/citizenship-oath-indigenous-treaties-1.3963508 https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/citizenship-oath-indigenous... [2] http://nctr.ca/reports.php http://nctr.ca/reports.php