Making a Difference

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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 more than 156,000 new Canadian citizens.“

“We hold 2,200 citizenship ceremonies.”

“We help thousands of Canadians reaffirm their citizenship.”

“We welcome between 20,000 and 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:
The Honourable Jason Kenney, Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism, opens the door for a Haitian child in a caregiver’s arms.

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

Video:
Minister Kenney shakes a boy’s hand.

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 at a citizenship ceremony.

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

Video:
An adopted boy smiles at his father.

Adoptive parents holding their children and leaving the reception area and the airport.

A citizenship judge prepares to start the ceremony.

People prepare to swear the oath of citizenship.

Judge speaking to the crowd at a citizenship ceremony.

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: 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, it’s 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.”

Black screen with the text:
“How are we making a difference?”

“We’re building a stronger Canada.”

Video:
A slide show of images related to  citizenship events:

• People around a big Canadian flag cake
• Little boy standing for the citizenship oath
• Man smiling with flag in hand
• Little girl with Canadian flag
• Man smiles holding a citizenship sign
• Two girls smiling
• Girl holding flag
• Woman waving Canadian flag
• Man holding his right hand up
• Woman holding her right hand up
• Two young people at citizenship ceremony
• Boy looking at the Canadian flag
• Three men smiling
• Little boy holds up right hand
• Little girl looks over
• Two girls colouring
• Little girl holding doll

Logo:
Citizenship and Immigration Canada logo fades into Canada wordmark