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Douglas Todd: ‘Tolerant’ Canada should revise birthright citizenship law, critics say

‘Canada is a very tolerant country,’ said one offshore mother who took advantage of birthright citizenship. Some, however, say Canada should find a middle way on birthright citizenship

A singer in China’s famous Beijing Opera, Danyang Yang flew to Vancouver in 2014 to have her baby in a Canadian hospital. She did so to deliver another child in 2017, like thousands of other so-called birth tourists who come to Canada each year.

Both times Yang immediately returned to China. A few years later, the singer and her husband, Tong Zhang, moved their family and much of their real-estate fortune to Canada, where they eventually became permanent residents.

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