CANADIAN NATIONALS
SEPARATE CITIZENSHIP ACQUIRED «Rec. 7 p.m.) OTTAWA, Dec. 30. Officially described as marking a final *tep in the development of Canadas nationhood, and effective independence for its 12.000,000 people the Canadian Citizenship Act comes into effect on New Year’s Day. Canadians in the eyes of the world at present are British subjects, and the Act first establishes distinctive Canadian citizenship. Canadian passports in future will be stamped “Canadian citizen.” but Canadian travellers will continue to enjoy benefits accruing to British subjects. particularly within the British Empire.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 26349, 2 January 1947, Page 5
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