Canada’s opposition Conservative Party has voted to work towards legislation to end citizenship by birthplace amid the booming Chinese birth tourism industry.

Canada’s opposition Conservative Party has voted to work towards legislation to end citizenship by birthplace amid the booming Chinese birth tourism industry. The move aims to deny Canadian citizenship of newborns if neither of the child's parents are Canadian citizens or permanent residents. Conservatives say birth tourism debases the value of Canadian citizenship. Liberals say the measure is based in social division and hatred. At one hospital at the center of the birth tourism industry, 474 births or over 1 in 5 babies were born to non-resident mothers last year.