Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) contractors including translators wait for the arrival of Syrian refugees at the Welcome Centre in Montreal, Quebec, December 12, 2015. REUTERS/Christinne Muschi
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's government is doing a bad job of weeding out fraudulent citizenship applications and this means ineligible people can obtain Canadian passports, the country's top watchdog said on Tuesday.
The findings could alarm U.S. critics already worried by what they say are the security risks posed by the new Liberal government's decision to quickly accept 25,000 Syrian refugees after taking power last November.
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