The government in Ottawa has argued to the Supreme Court of Canada that the Toronto-born son of Russian intelligence agents should be denied Canadian citizenship, the same exception that applies to any child born in Canada to a foreign diplomat. Canadian Press reports Friday that it has obtained a recently submitted brief attempting to overturn a Federal Court of Appeal ruling that effectively affirmed the Canadian citizenship of Alexander Vavilov and, through a related case, his older brother. Alexander, 24, and Timothy, 28, were born in Canada to parents using the aliases Donald Heathfield and Tracey Ann Foley. They were imprisoned and later deported in a prisoner swap with the Russians. Canadian Press Feds in last-minute bid to deport brothers born to spies
