CITIZENSHIP -Judge Gerald Pash

Citizenship Court Judge – Gerald Pash was our Keynote speaker on February 3rd.

He was appointed Citizenship Judge in BC. He brings to the position a 27 year career in Broadcasting and 22 years with the Department of National Defence as a Public affairs officer. During his career he has received many awards

 

Citizenship judges are appointed for a three-year period and are responsible for making decisions with regard to citizenship applications, presiding over citizenship ceremonies and administering the oath of citizenship to new citizens.

Gerald Pash  enlightened us on the history of Canadian Citizenship.To be automatically a citizen of Canada you have to have been born in Canada after 1947.

He described the process to apply for citizenship and the qualifications to get  citizenship and responsibilities once granted.

 

As a closing to his presentation he donned his ceremonial robe and we all swore the Canadian Oath of allegiance.

For more information here is a link. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Citizenship_Test

Judge Pash presented President Garry with Certificate  AG Pat Bond and Duane Buchanan joined President Garry in thanking Judge Pash for taking time to educate us on the Citizenship process.