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The lost Canadians : a struggle for citizenship rights, equality, and identity / Donald L. Chapman.

by Chapman, Donald L., 1954-

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Pugwash Publishing, 2015.

Chapman, Donald L., 1954-

Citizenship, Loss of -- Canada.

Stateless persons -- Canada -- Biography.

Statelessness -- Canada.

9780994055408 (pbk.)

xxiii, 404 pages ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references.

"When Vancouver-born Don Chapman was six years old, he was stripped of his Canadian citizenship, thanks to an arcane provision of the 1947 Canadian Citizenship Act. Years later, he was stunned to discover that he couldn't return to his homeland, and thus began his David and Goliath battle to change Canada's discriminatory citizenship laws. He's since become the voice for hundreds of thousands of others like himself, now collectively known as the Lost Canadians, whose ranks have included such Canadian icons as Roméo Dallaire, Guy Lombardo, Leslie Nielsen, Ricky Gervais, and Nobel Prize winners Willard Boyle and Saul Bellow. Children born on military bases overseas were affected, as were tens of thousands of Second World War brides and their children. The author renders in heartbreaking detail the stories of Lost Canadians who've had their identities torn from them, thanks to labyrinthine legislation, bumbling bureaucracy, disinterested politicians, and a complacent media. After decades, Don's quest has restored citizenship to around one million people"--Provided by publisher.

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