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The federal government has just a week left to make key changes to the Citizenship Act in response to a court ruling last year.
The Ontario Superior Court has not yet agreed to extend the looming deadline, the Immigration Department said Wednesday, and NDP attempts to rush legislation through the House of Commons have failed.
If the Liberals' bill doesn't pass before next week's deadline, Immigration Minister Marc Miller said the minister himself has to decide individual citizenship cases.
"If it doesn't come through we're sort of in no man's land. Basically, it's my discretion deciding who's Canadian or not. Obviously, that shouldn't be up to the discretion of a minister," Miller said Wednesday.
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