Comments on: On the BBC a couple of days ago: Malta listed with “cash-strapped countries” trying to sell passports https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/06/on-the-bbc-a-couple-of-days-ago-malta-listed-with-cash-strapped-countries-trying-to-sell-passports/ Daphne Caruana Galizia is a journalist working in Malta. Fri, 20 Jun 2014 04:17:28 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: unhappy https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/06/on-the-bbc-a-couple-of-days-ago-malta-listed-with-cash-strapped-countries-trying-to-sell-passports/#comment-2180842 Fri, 20 Jun 2014 04:17:28 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=48409#comment-2180842 June 19, 2014 — Ottawa, ON — Canada’s Citizenship and Immigration Minister Chris Alexander announced today that reforms to the Citizenship Act received final passage and Royal Assent. The reforms will strengthen the rules around access to citizenship to ensure that new citizens are better prepared for full participation and integration into Canadian society, with the goal of fostering in new Canadians a stronger attachment to Canadian values and traditions.

Quick facts
•Requiring 14-64 year-olds to meet knowledge and language requirements provides an incentive for more individuals to acquire official language proficiency and civics knowledge, which helps them successfully integrate into Canadian society.
•Citizenship applicants will need to be physically present in Canada for a total of four out of their last six years. In addition, they will need to be physically present in Canada for 183 days per year for at least four of those six years. These provisions will come into force in approximately a year.

http://news.gc.ca/web/article-en.do?&nid=859509

]]> By: Mark Fenech https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/06/on-the-bbc-a-couple-of-days-ago-malta-listed-with-cash-strapped-countries-trying-to-sell-passports/#comment-2122364 Sat, 07 Jun 2014 18:36:16 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=48409#comment-2122364 This was bound to happen. Formed perceptions, however inaccurate they may be, in most cases stick like glue.

]]> By: Evarist Saliba https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/06/on-the-bbc-a-couple-of-days-ago-malta-listed-with-cash-strapped-countries-trying-to-sell-passports/#comment-2120928 Sat, 07 Jun 2014 14:30:17 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=48409#comment-2120928 Like Dom Mintoff, Joseph Muscat is putting Malta on the map, but is it for the right reasons?

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