'For people who were born and bred here like me, this used to be a very basic, simple thing to do, ' says Emma Beudert, 24, who manages the operation from a small industrial estate.

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But it will be harder for the foreign-born descendants of Canadians to become citizens: in future, only the first generation would be able to do so automatically.

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To be sure, not every immigrant contribution to our culture is wonderful, but not everything that native-born people do is wonderful, either.

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