B.C. woman regains Canadian citizenship stripped by arcane law
VANCOUVER — 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, who is a third-generation Canadian, became a first-generation Canadian 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.
Funk, 37, was born in Mexico to Canadian parents and they moved back to Canada when she was just two months old. Since then, Canada has been home and she holds no other citizenship.