“Residential school denialism is very important and something we have to address. However, the bill hadn’t done the legislative analysis.”
“HAF only complicated an already costly and unwieldy approval process by bringing in an Ottawa-knows-best approach.”
““Climate change and huge emergency situations that we have to respond to are becoming the norm and this is really concerning to me.””
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On the recordJune 18, 2026
Genealogy websites are not enough. My job is to safeguard the integrity of our citizenship program and I will do everything necessary to protect that.
Said by
Lena Metlege Diab
Liberal Party of Canada
Source
cbc.ca

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Diab emphasizing the requirements for citizenship proof.

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