<P> In 2012, Citizenship and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney proposed to modify the jus soli birthright citizenship recognized in Canadian law as a means of discouraging birth tourism . The move had drawn criticism from experts who said that the proposal was based on overhyped popular beliefs and nonexistent data . As of 2016, however, Minister John McCallum said during an interview that there is no plan to end birthright citizenship . </P> <P> The 2015 amendment (Bill C - 24) of the 1977 Act, which went into effect on 11 June 2015, granted Canadian citizenship for the first time to people who were born in Canada before 1 January 1947 (or 1 April 1949 if born in Newfoundland and Labrador), ceased to be British subjects before that day, and never became Canadian citizens after 1947 (or 1949). Under the 1947 Act, these people were never considered to be Canadian citizens because they had lost their British subject status before the creation of Canadian citizenship . Persons who had voluntarily renounced British subject status or had their British subject status revoked are not included in the grant . </P> <P> Whether a person is a Canadian citizen by descent depends on the legislation at the time of birth . Generally speaking, any person who was born to a parent born or naturalized in Canada who has not actively renounced their Canadian citizenship is a Canadian citizen by descent (known as first generations born abroad), regardless of the time of birth . These persons either automatically acquired Canadian citizenship at birth, or on 17 April 2009 or 11 June 2015 . </P> <P> Cases for children of first generations born abroad (known as second and subsequent generations born abroad) are more complicated . For such persons, only those who were born on or before 16 April 2009 may be Canadian citizens . </P>

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