The renunciation applications are covered under section 9 of the Citizenship Act. The first thing is that someone who wishes to renounce their citizenship has to be a citizen of another country, or if their application is accepted by Canada and our department, they will become a citizen of a country other than Canada. That's in line with our obligations to not make our citizens stateless. To sort of rejoin our previous conversation.... They have to not be a minor, not be prevented from understanding the significance of renouncing their citizenship by reason of a disability and also not be residing in Canada.
Those would be reasons for refusal. If someone was residing in Canada, we wouldn't be in a position to accept the application, for example, or if the person didn't hold another citizenship, we wouldn't be in a position to accept.