That the motion be amended by deleting all the words after the word “That” and substituting the following:     

“the House decline to give second reading to Bill C-24, An Act to amend the Citizenship Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts, because it:     

(     a) does not provide an adequate solution for reducing citizenship application processing times, which have been steadily increasing;

(     b) puts  significant new powers in the hands of the Minister that will allow this government to politicize the granting of Canadian citizenship;

(     c) gives the Minister the power to revoke citizenship, which will deny some Canadians access to a fair trial in Canada and will raise serious questions since Canadian law already includes mechanisms to punish those who engage in unlawful acts; and

(   d) includes a declaration of intent to reside provision, which in fact gives officials the power to speculate on the intent of a citizenship applicant and then potentially deny citizenship based on this conjecture.”.