Maryam Monsef Iran

• Cabinet minister’s birthplace debacle not resolved a year after revelations

  A federal cabinet minister remains wrapped in red tape a year after she revealed she was born in Iran rather than Afghanistan as she had previously believed.

  Politics

  Nov 23, 2017
  
• Feds can continue revoking citizenship without a hearing

  A bid to stop the federal government from revoking Canadians' citizenship without a hearing has failed.

  Canada

  Nov 7, 2016
  
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• Justin Trudeau defends Maryam Monsef over birth place discovery

  People who are criticizing the federal minister of democratic institutions in a flap over her country of birth are playing political games, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday.

  Politics

  Nov 3, 2016
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• Senate looking to change controversial citizenship law

  The Senate could come to the rescue of Canadians who are being stripped of their citizenship without a hearing.

  Canada

  Sep 27, 2016
• Maryam Monsef could be stripped of citizenship due to Iran revelation

  Democratic Institutions Minister Maryam Monsef, who revealed last week that she was born in Iran, not Afghanistan as she'd long believed, could be stripped of her citizenship without a hearing under a controversial law, civil liberties and refugee lawyers say.

  Canada

  Sep 26, 2016