This enactment is designed to remedy the situation where a person has, as a child, lost their Canadian citizenship by law because a parent of that person acquired the nationality or citizenship of a country other than Canada or renounced his or her Canadian citizenship.
Le texte vise à remédier à la situation d'une personne qui, dans son enfance, a perdu la citoyenneté canadienne parce qu'un de ses parents a acquis la nationalité ou la citoyenneté d'un autre pays ou a répudié sa citoyenneté canadienne.