Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Program

Remedy 7: Revocation of Citizenship

Headquarters staff at DOJ, RCMP and CIC provided cost estimates for this remedy. In a simple case, where the remedy begins with the Review Committee recommending that citizenship be revoked, the Minister decides to revoke, and the person does not take the matter to court, the costs are estimated at $471,810. A significant portion of this cost is paralegal and travel costs. If the matter is taken all the way to the Federal Court of Appeal, the costs are estimated at $1.3M.

If the intent to revoke citizenship does not come from the Review Committee, but results from a decision to terminate a criminal investigation in favor of pursuing citizenship revocation, the costs of the preceding criminal investigation, which could be as high as $676,000, should be factored in.