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Jamie Sarkonak: Bill C-3, the Liberal gateway to making Canada the 51st state

Anyone with a Canadian in their family tree can now be handed citizenship

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In December, the Liberals extended Canadian citizenship to everyone in the world over the age of three months who can prove that one of their ancestors was born here, no matter how far back.

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This was the result of Bill C-3. It means that potentially millions of people with no natural democratic right to intervene in our politics will soon be able to vote in our elections. Millions who haven’t contributed a cent to our economy will become eligible for our social safety net. Among them will be organized criminals, terrorists spawned from parents who left Canada to engage in barbarism overseas, people who can’t speak English or French, scammers, drug dealers, and many more undesirables.

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And, as most of this newly enfranchised population is American, many Trumpfugees.

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