How Canada’s citizenship by descent law helped one footballer make Canada’s FIFA World Cup squad

England-born football player Alfie Jones became a Canadian citizen last year, and earned a place on Canada’s national soccer team – all because of a grandmother born in Hillcrest, Alberta. For around 16 years, having a Canadian grandparent wasn’t enough to pass citizenship down the family line. But Canada’s changed its citizenship by descent laws […] The post How Canada’s citizenship by descent law helped one footballer make Canada’s FIFA World Cup squad first appeared on CIC News .