Fixed election dates, except when the PM decides otherwise. Phenomenal.

I would have liked the justice portion to acknowledge our rich history of common law jurisprudence – something many actual citizens don't quite have a handle on. And in the courts section I would have liked a mention of our many and varied tribunals, which play an important role in administering the law.

One quibble is that the document describes the Battle of the Plains of Abraham as marking the end of the French Empire in North America. That over-simplifies the history, perhaps understandably, since the French in Canada did not surrender until the next year at Montreal – and even that was not a sure thing until the spring of that year. A further quibble might be that the French Empire continues, in very reduced form, in St. Pierre and Miquelon.

But on the whole the historical section appears well done.

I took my citizenship test few years ago and I studied from the old book with passion but I also did my own researches.
I love this country because I believe that a real Canadian knows the meaning of living in a multicultural society. That's why I chose this place.

I found in this book religious topics, something we shouldn't teach in schools. If you pay attention (and just to start) on the cover of the book you can see pictures that suppose to represent what Canada is, just a brief first look. Why an indoor picture of a Cristian church with a crucifix? Why in the book it's mentioned that the majority of Canadians embrace Christianity? Is that relevant?
Another thing is the lack of emphasis of aboriginal history in Canada; the fur trade was culturally and traditionally the foundation of the aboriginals of Kanata. It wasn't an European's invention. The Europeans didn't come to Kanata just for that; they also came with a religious mission… to convert them in the name of God, forcing aboriginals to convert to Christianity because that's what God wanted them to do. And the story goes on and on at the point of using the Bible to even justify slavery.

This book seems to be an academic version of the previous concise version and not written to serve its real purpose, which is to help newcomers to study for the Citizenship test. The CLB (Canadian Language Benchmark) of an average newcomer is 3 or 4 (intermediate); this book has a 9 or 10 level (University level). All comments I hear and read came from native-English-Canadian-born Citizens.

The new guide fits with a Conservative strategy to redefine itself with regard to immigration, an issue that historically has been closely linked with the Liberal Party.

Conservatives have done it again. Trying to tell and project history from a white-male-Caucasian-European point of view.