Honorary Canadian citizenship

Honorary Canadian citizenship (or in official sources honorary Canadian citizenship; French: Citoyenneté canadienne honoraire) is an honour whereby Canadian citizenship is bestowed by the Governor-General-in-Council,[1] with the approval of parliament where appropriate,[2] on foreigners of exceptional merit. It is a symbolic honour; the recipient does not take the Oath of Citizenship and thus does not receive any rights, privileges, or duties typically held by a Canadian citizen.[2][3]

#NameImageAward dateInformation
1 Raoul Wallenberg 1985
(posthumous)		 Swedish diplomat and humanitarian.[4]
2 Nelson Mandela 2001 Anti-apartheid activist, former President of South Africa, and recipient of the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize.[5]
3 Tenzin Gyatso 2006 The 14th Dalai Lama and recipient of the 1989 Nobel Peace Prize.[6]
4 Aung San Suu Kyi 2007-2018 Burmese opposition leader and recipient of the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize.[7] In response to UN allegations[8] of "ethnic cleansing" against the Rohingya, an ethno-religious minority group in Burma, there have been calls to revoke Suu Kyi's honorary citizenship.[9][10] In 2018, the House of Commons voted to revoke her Honorary Citizenship.[11] She is the first recipient to have her honorary citizenship revoked.
5 Karim Aga Khan IV 2010 49th Imam of the Shia Ismaili Muslims.[12][13]
6 Malala Yousafzai Awarded in 2014,[14] received in 2017[15] Pakistani women's rights and education activist, and recipient of the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize.[16]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Citizenship and Immigration Canada: CP7: Waivers; 1. Waivers, 1.22. Governor-in-Council directs Minister" (PDF).
  2. 1 2 "Citizenship and Immigration Canada; Canadian Immigration and Citizenship Indexing Terms - H".
  3. ↑ Levitz, Stephanie (October 22, 2014). "Five things to know about honorary Canadian citizenship". Global News. The Canadian Press. Retrieved 2017-04-12.
  4. ↑ Government of Canada Honours Canadian Honorary Citizen Raoul Wallenberg, Department of Canadian Heritage News Release, January 16, 2003
  5. ↑ "NELSON MANDELA". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). House of Commons. 2001-06-12.
  6. ↑ "Dalai Lama". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). House of Commons. 2006-06-22.
  7. ↑ "Aung San Suu Kyi". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). House of Commons. 2007-10-17.
  8. ↑ Safi, Michael (September 11, 2017). "Myanmar treatment of Rohingya looks like 'textbook ethnic cleansing', says UN". The Guardian.
  9. ↑ Tang, Justin (September 17, 2017). "Protesters call for Canada to revoke Aung San Suu Kyi's honorary citizenship". The Globe and Mail.
  10. ↑ Abedi, Maham (October 17, 2017). "43,000 sign petition demanding Canada revoke Myanmar leader's honorary citizenship". Global News.
  11. ↑ https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/house-of-commons-votes-to-revoke-aung-san-suu-kyi-s-citizenship-1.4112163
  12. ↑ "Hon. Jay Hill (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons, CPC):". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). House of Commons. 2009-06-19.
  13. ↑ "Mawlana Hazar Imam is made an honorary citizen of Canada". TheIsmaili.org. 22 June 2009. Retrieved 26 May 2010.
  14. ↑ "Senate of Canada - Debates". Senate of Canada. Retrieved 2017-04-12.
  15. ↑ CAMPION-SMITH, BRUCE; BOUTILIER, ALEX (April 12, 2017). "Malala Yousafzai has become an honorary Canadian citizen | Toronto Star". Toronto Star. Retrieved 2017-04-12.
  16. ↑ "Malala Yousafzai to get honorary Canadian citizenship". CBC. October 15, 2013. Retrieved October 16, 2013.



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