The Importance of Being a Canadian Citizen

When her parents were naturalized in Canada, a man in uniform took our Chinese passports and punched holes through them. To work or travel or buy property as a Canadian citizen was infinitely easier than doing so as a Chinese one. If I married a Canadian, I would not need him for citizenship. I would already have it. The boxes barely fit in our freezer, which meant that we had to go from deep dish to thin crust.