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Postmedia News: Immigrants give Canadian history exam’s ‘picky’ questions a failing grade

Jun 05, 2012

Prospective immigrants who took this country’s new citizenship test and were then asked about the experience in focus groups have met at least one key criteria for being Canadian: They’ve echoed complaints from native-born citizens that questions requiring them to memorize “specific names and dates” from Canada’s early history seem picky and pointless.

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