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From: Annette Fulford <>
Subject: [WARBRIDES] War Citizenship article
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2006 09:50:35 -0700

Toronto Sun
October 10, 2006

A foolish appeal
Joe Taylor should remain a Canadian
By PETER WORTHINGTON, TORONTO SUN

To the astonishment of many, the Canadian government is appealing a Federal
Court "order" that it restore the citizenship of Joe Taylor.

Taylor is the 61-year-old son of a World War II Canadian soldier and British
war bride, who the citizenship and immigration department claims is not a
citizen because he was born out of wedlock in 1945 after his father was
refused permission to marry prior to seeing action in France. His parents
married when Joe's father survived France.

Joe and his mother arrived in Halifax in 1946 as full Canadian citizens, as
decreed by the grateful government of Mackenzie King.

When Joe's parents divorced, he and his mother returned to England


To read the remainder of this article, click on
http://www.torontosun.com/News/Columnists/Worthington_Peter/2006/10/10/1992226-sun.html

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