And whereas the court ruled that the government cannot revoke citizenship under the “War Crimes Program” unless it provides evidence that the person subject to citizenship revocation has committed war crimes. No such evidence has ever been presented by the government. 

  And whereas the courts of this country have ruled that the current citizenship revocation procedure, as defined in the Citizenship Act, must comply with the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. And whereas the government by revoking Helmut Oberlander’s and Jacob Fast’s citizenship violates Article 15 of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which determines that “no one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his nationality”.

  And whereas by revoking Helmut Oberlander’s and Jacob Fast’s citizenship on unproven allegations and through a decision made by politicians behind closed doors without the affected people being legally represented, the government damages Canada’s reputation as one of the foremost constitutional states in the world and as a country committed to international human rights standards.  

  And whereas the government’s decision to invoke the unconstitutional citizenship revocation section of the Citizenship Act endangers the citizenship of six million naturalized Canadians, making them second class citizens of this country.