CBC: B.C. woman regains Canadian citizenship stripped by arcane law
Byrdie Funk shows off her Certificate of Canadian Citizenship outside of a citizenship ceremony at Canada Place in Vancouver on Saturday. (Linda Givetash/Canadian Press)
'I have always been part of the Canadian family, I have always chosen Canada,' says Byrdie Funk
Byrdie Funk marked Canada Day by taking a citizenship oath, but unlike the 150 people around her who also raised their right arm to do the same, she is hardly a newcomer.
Funk, a third-generation Canadian, became a first-generation Canadian on Saturday after she regained her citizenship that was stripped from her just over a year ago by an arcane law.
"I have always been part of the Canadian family, I have always chosen Canada and for me today, it seems more like Canada has chosen me and I belong again," she said following the ceremony at Canada Place in Vancouver.
I am Don Chapman, the leader of the Lost Canadians. I was born in Vancouver, British Columbia and when I was six years old I lost my citizenship. I've been fighting for it ever since.
