[LINK] "Donovan McGlaughlin, Yukon man with no birth certificate, fights for citizenship"

[rfmcdonald]

This CBC item describes a terrible story. Is there more to this, any real reason why this can't be fixed? I wonder, and hope for the best for Mr. McGlaughlin.

A 60-year-old Dawson City, Yukon, man whose birth was never registered says he has spent years trying to get recognized by the Canadian government.

Donovan McGlaughlin, 60, says he was born in Ontario. His father was First Nations from the U.S. and his mother was a Canadian.

"Both my parents distrusted all government," he says. "For a lack of a better term, they were anarchists and they chose not to register my birth. I'm technically what's called stateless."

He says he was homeschooled and left home at 15. It wasn't until his 20s that he tried to get an official ID, but without a birth certificate, he had no luck.

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He has been in the Yukon for decades but still has no birth certificate, passport or social insurance number.