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Transcript for “Making a Difference” Video

Video length: 2:52 minutes

Logo:
Open on a graphic with the text: “Citizenship and Immigration Canada presents”

A black screen fades in with the text:

“Citizenship and Immigration Canada”

“Making a Difference”

Video of Canadian flag in the wind. These words dissolve in and out:

“In an average year …”

“We welcome 200,000 new Canadian citizens“

“We hold 3,000 citizenship ceremonies”

“We help thousands of Canadians reaffirm their citizenship”

“We grant asylum to more than 30,000 refugees”

A black screen fades in with the text: “But citizenship is not just about numbers …”

Fade into another black screen with the text: “It’s about people”

Video:
Man laughing

Fade into a black screen with the text: “People who foster economic and cultural ties”

Video:
Woman snuggling with a child

Fade into a black screen with the text: “People who fuel an economy driven by their hopes and enthusiasm”

Video:
A woman helps a man put a corsage on his jacket

Fade into a black screen with the text: “People who come to Canada to live a better life”

Video:
A boy accepts a carnation
A little girl smiles and waves

Fade into a black screen with the text: “So, what does citizenship mean to you?”

Video: Woman speaking

“It means a lot. Today, I truly feel that … It’s a feeling that I can’t really … Being a citizen, I know very well that I have rights, but I also have obligations”

Video: Her Excellency, the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean

“Here, we have the ideal society where all citizens are equal under the law. Here, we have rights, it’s true, but also responsibilities”

Video: Man speaking
“Because this is the best world in the world, best place in the world. A little bit cold, but warm, warm between, you know, the relationships”

Video: Man speaking
“The people who have become Canadians by choice, it’s not a forced one, it’s by choice, is by selection. That shows their sense of dedication to the country and a sense of involvement to the country. The whole process is a culmination of their dreams, their dreams of being free Canadians, free citizens and a desire to do whatever they want to do, without any inhibitions, without any fear, without any favour”

Video: The Honourable Diane Finley, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration

“The characteristic that most defines Canadians is ‘welcoming.’ East and west, north and south, French and English, immigrant and native-born, we’re all proud champions of these founding values of the Canadian way”

Black screen with the text:

“How are we making a difference?”

“We’re building a stronger Canada”

Video:
A slide show of images from citizenship ceremonies:

• People around a big Canadian flag cake
• Little boy waving
• Minister shaking hands
• Little girl with Canadian flag
• Man with 60th anniversary sign
• Three men smiling
• Women receiving citizenship papers
• Woman waving Canadian flag
• Man kissing Governor General’s hand
• Woman holding her right hand up
• Two young people in citizenship ceremony
• Governor General cutting cake
• Crowd holds up large Canadian flag
• Little boy holds up right hand
• Little girls colouring
• Man laughing with the Minister
• Little girl holding doll

Logo:
Citizenship and Immigration Canada logo fades into Canada wordmark