Is a passport issued by the issuing of a passport in a foreign country conferred nationality on the person to whom it was issued?

In my opinion, this question is largely factual in nature because it depends on the law of the country that issued the passport. In Zheng v. M.C.I. (F.C.T.D.; IMM-332-96; October 13, 1996), to which counsel drew my attention in his submissions on the certification of a question, there was unequivocal evidence that under the law of Tonga the issue of a passport by Tongan authorities conferred nationality on the person to whom it was issued. In other countries, however, a person is issued with a passport because she is a national: the issue of a passport does not make the person to whom it is issued a national.