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OTTAWA • Conservative senators are vowing to fight legislation that would restore the citizenship of dual nationals convicted of terrorism, by stalling its passage.

“A terrorist is a terrorist is a terrorist,” said Sen. Daniel Lang, chairman of the Senate national security committee, mocking the “a Canadian is a Canadian is a Canadian” line from Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau during a leaders’ debate last fall.

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The government’s Bill C-6, tabled in the Commons last week, seeks to repeal 2014 legislation brought in by the former Conservative government.

Bill C-24, known as the Strengthening Canadian Citizenship Act, included a change to the Citizenship Act to strip citizenship from dual nationals convicted of terrorism, high treason or espionage. Britain and more than 2o European nations have similar laws.

Before C-24, Canadian citizenship could be revoked only in cases of fraudulent applications.