Canadian WW1 vet to become a Canadian citizen

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Finally this WW1 veteran get to be a citizen of a country... John Babcock, 107, was born in Canada but became a U.S. citizen in 1946 and had to give up his status as a British subject - as Canadians were designated before Canada's own citizenship act came into force a year later. Canadian officials recently visited Babcock at his home in Spokane, Washington, to give him an award, and he told them he was interested in being granted citizenship in his birth country. I am glad that they give him this honor even though it has taken them a long time to do so. What do you think? Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080509/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_veteran;_ylt=AjDkO1maKN6QW2ymJ.VZWc3tiBIF