Yonah Martin to address a particular quirk in citizenship law. The private member's bill was initially put forward by Conservative Sen. "She's very hopeful" that that could change, Fessler said.
But as it stands now, she would need to apply for an international student visa to return. "I have been informing the girls of the legislative process, and how there is a hope and how hopeful I am that at some point Daria will be able to have a Canadian passport," Fessler said.ĭaria, who is now 12, dreams of going to university in Vancouver, where her family takes an annual vacation. The committee has until June 14 to finish reviewing the amended bill, or else it will be sent back to the House of Commons without the new changes. The new rule, which is supported by the Liberals, was tacked onto a private member's bill at the House of Commons immigration committee. The NDP proposed a change that would make people like Daria eligible for citizenship if their Canadian parent can prove they spent at least three years in Canada. "Had I known about the change of the law in 2009, it's very possible that I would have gone to Canada to give birth, but I had absolutely no idea," she said in an interview from her home in Hong Kong. Her family returned to Canada when she was two, where she grew up in Vancouver before moving to Ottawa to work as a page in the House of Commons.Īll three of her girls were born abroad, but because of the legal change in 2009, Fessler's youngest daughter, Daria, is the only one without legal ties to Canada.
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