WHEREAS the rights of citizenship are universal and cannot be removed unless through due process in accordance with the rule of law;
WHEREAS there is a duty of the state and thereby the government of the day to protect and defend the rights of citizens both in Canada and abroad;
WHEREAS all Canadians are equal in legal status without regard to the time they have been a citizen, or where they reside;
BE IT RESOLVED that the Ontario Young Liberals call on the Government of Canada to enact and follow existing policies and practices that ensure all Canadians enjoy the benefits of citizenship at home and abroad.
Young Liberals of Canada
As somebody who has spent a long time living overseas, and not always in stable, friendly countries, I have to support this resolution. However, perhaps adding “without interfering in the legal and/or cultural institutions of the host country”.
I strongly support this resolution.
Canadians are and should be proud to be citizens of their country. Strong and intense protection of Canadian citizen’s rights aborad is a MUST. If your government does not respect your citizenship, other countries will not.
I strongly support this resolution. The Harper Conservatives have let Canadians down by not supporting their needs when it is justified. They have adopted a very inequitable approach by helping some Canadians in some situations and not others, based largely on Ministerial prerogative and – in some cases – conservative ideological perception. This resolution couold be improved by calling for consular services to be provided ob statutary authority – ie by removing it from Ministerial prerogative and ensuring that the Canadian government helps all Canadians in all situations, ie in a fair and equitable manner.
The concern about local laws or institutions is not a real problem as this is governed by the Vienna Convention on Consular Affairs.
I support this .. but why is this not a motion from the Liberal Party of Canada, not only the Young Liberals of Canada?
Canada must continue to be a strong advocate of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the ICC and the responsibility to protect (R2P). As a young Liberal that has lived abroad for many years there are many areas that we can improve on. This resolution supports this and I will vote in favor.
This Conservative government are clueless when it comes to the idea of citizenship.