Dear petition signatories, Since 2014 we have been fighting to overturn changes made by Bill C-24, which turned tens of thousands of Canadians with dual citizenship into second-class citizens with fewer rights. Because of the committed advocacy of supporters like you, we have come a long way. Our community won a huge victory when the new government moved to repeal some of C-24’s changes and restore citizenship equality through Bill C-6. But right now, all that progress is at risk. On Tuesday, the Senate will consider a new amendment proposed by Senator Lang, which would ensure that millions of Canadians are treated as second-class citizens under the law. This amendment would undo the good work of Bill C-6 and turn back the clock so that dual citizens can have their citizenship taken away while other Canadians cannot. This is a clear violation of our right to equality under the Charter. Senators need to hear from you right now. Can you contact undecided Senators and ask them to support equal citizenship rights by voting against Senator Lang’s amendment? Make the call using this easy phone calling tool: https://act.leadnow.ca/citizenship-equality/?source=bccla Send an email to undecided Senators here: https://bccla.good.do/citizenship/Lang2/ Senator Lang's amendment would allow citizenship to be stripped from Canadians who are dual citizens if they are convicted of crimes that are considered threats to Canada’s national security like terrorism and espionage. Superficially, this might have some symbolic appeal, but national security experts, like Professor of Law Craig Forcese, agree that citizenship “revocation does little to make us more secure, while at the same time throwing other values under the bus.”[1] National security experts have been clear that stripping citizenship in order to exile convicted criminals to other countries is the wrong approach. It puts Canadians, and people in the countries we exile criminals to, at greater risk. Canada dedicates significant resources to stop Canadians from travelling abroad for terrorist purposes. This amendment does the opposite. The changes brought by Bill C-24—Canada's Second-Class Citizenship bill— are anti-democratic, anti-Canadian, and anti-immigrant. Because of the hard work of Canadians like you, we have nearly reversed the damage caused by Bill C-24. We can’t let Senator Lang’s amendment set us back. Thank you for standing up for citizenship equality. Talk soon, Josh Paterson, Executive Director P.S. Thanks to the people at Leadnow for sharing their calling tool with us!