[BlackbirdSST]

Requiring a translator ought to immediately disqualify them from citizenship.

'xactly. Blackbird.

[Banat]

I don't know the process for obtaining U.S. citizenship, but in Canada one must take a written test (in French or English). There are about 20 questions and all are really easy (e.g. "How many provinces does Canada have?", "What is the capital of Canada?", etc).

I know people who have lived in Canada for decades, yet speak very, very little English (not to mention French). I don't get it. How do they go about their daily lives without speaking the language? What's the quality of their life? They are missing out big time. English is not that hard to learn, especially when it is being spoken everywhere you go.