More than 150,000 Canadians sign petition to revoke Musk's citizenship
Parliamentary petition launched due to billionaire's link to Trump,
who has repeatedly threatened to conquer Canada
Here's the occasion, Buzz, Hallux, and whoever else is lurking...
Almost makes me wish I were... nah...
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Elon Musk speaks during the annual Conservative Political Action Conference in Oxon Hill, Maryland, on Thursday.
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The British Columbia author Qualia Reed launched the petition in Canada's House of Commons, where it was sponsored by New Democrat parliamentary member and avowed Musk critic Charlie Angus, as the Canadian Press first reported over the weekend.
Born in South Africa and owning US companies including electric vehicle-maker Tesla, aerospace company SpaceX and the social media platform X (formerly Twitter), Musk has Canadian citizenship through his mother: model and dietitian Maye Musk, who is from Saskatchewan's capital, Regina. He has been crusading to slash the US federal government's size at the behest of the US president, who has consistently challenged Canada's sovereignty since returning to the White House for a second presidential term on 20 January.
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Reed's petition - filed on 20 February - accuses Musk of having "engaged in activities that go against the national interest of Canada" by acting as an adviser to Trump. Trump has invited the scorn of Canada's 40 million residents by making threats about imposing steep tariffs on Canadian products and openly boasting about having the US annex the country, including shortly before its national hockey team defeated a selection of American opponents in a politically charged 20 February tournament final.
The petition asserts that Musk's alignment with Trump makes him "a member of a foreign government that is attempting to erase Canadian sovereignty". It asks the Canadian prime minister, Justin Trudeau, to take away Musk's Canadian passport and revoke his citizenship with immediate effect.
Trump has often mocked Trudeau as "governor", the title given to US states' chief executives. And Musk wrote on X, the social media platform he bought in 2022 for $44bn to relish Trudeau's announcement in January that he would resign as the head of Canada's Liberal party after it selected a new leader, with the tech billionaire praising clips of the prominent Canadian Conservative party chief Pierre Poilievre.
As the Canadian Press noted, petitions like Reed's require 500 or more signatures for them to gain the certification necessary to be presented to Canada's House of Commons and potentially garner a formal government response. Reed's petition evidently had no trouble clearing that threshold, having collected about 167,000 signatures as of early Monday, with no indication that the number would soon stop rising.
Canada's House of Commons is scheduled to resume its work on 24 March, though the country could call for a general election before parliamentary members return. The signing period for Reed's petition was set to expire on 20 June.
Musk's directive to ostensibly cut federal spending - after Trump lost re-election in 2020 to Joe Biden but then secured it in November at the expense of Kamala Harris - has affected hundreds of thousands of US government civil servants. The cuts include thousands at the Departments of Veterans Affairs, Defense, Health and Human Services, the Internal Revenue Service and the National Parks Service, among others.
An Economist/YouGov poll of nearly 1,600 respondents recently found Musk and his so-called "department of government efficiency" (Doge) are far less popular with the public that they claim to be serving than many of the areas they are targeting.
Nonetheless, on Friday at a gathering of conservatives in Maryland, Musk made light of his involvement in the Trump administration by giddily waving a giant chainsaw in the air.
And on Sunday, Musk boosted an X post reading: "Of course we support Doge! Those who don't support it are unAmerican."
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Can they do that? Cancel someone's citizenship?
Birthright Citizenship cannot be revoked, Naturalized can.
8 Canadian Citizenship Revocation Reasons And Legal Implications
Among the legal motives:
Does proposing the annexation of Canada by another country count as an "act of disloyalty"?
You beat me to it by posting that, George. But keep in mind that "birthright" REQUIRES BIRTH IN CANADA, and he was not. The fact that his mother was Canadian does not mean "birthright". And, by the way, Birthright Citizenship CAN be revoked if the citizen consents to it.
I hope today finds you well and happy, I can't imagine forfeiting your citizenship, but i think one of the Facebook founders did to save paying US taxes.
Thank you, George. I'm feeling okay for my age and very happy. Although Musk may lose his Canadian citizenship, America gained a good citizen when my son obtained dual citizenship in America where he now lives.
Good for him and good for America, I hope he enjoys every aspect of the American dream and succeeds beyond all expectations.
Yes, they can (as you have already posted).
Make that "More than 150,001 Canadians". I am emailing the Canadian Consulate in Chongqing, where I am registered, to add my name to the petition.
Sure someone's citizenship can be cancelled, however this petition seems to only be a way for people to vent that won't actually accomplish anything
Three things: It will put an end to any rights that Elon Musk has in or from Canada that he has as a citizen, it would relieve Canadians from the embarrassment of his being a Canadian, and it would remove from Canada a detriment even if so miniscule to be of little consequence
It only accomplishes those things if it suceeds in removing his citizenship, I do not think this petition will suceed, therefore it accomplishes nothing other than allowing people to vent
150,001 Canadians have figuratively told him to go to hell. How many have indicated that they disagree? I wouldn't want to be the recipient of such an action, successful or not, even if I were the richest man in the world. If he doesn't give a shit, then that is a sign of his lack of feelings for others, but then he's already proving that, isn't he.
0.4% of the Canadian population sez to Musk ….. your citizenship ….. has been REVOKED?
Hooray free speech, hooray democracy …..
"Free speech" may be free... and yet have consequences. Musk may say "Let's eliminate Canada", but it's not really surprising that Canada be somewhat miffed...
Don’t be so melodramatic. If Musk and/or Trump actually try to do that I’ll stand right next to you to defend that Canadian bacon and beer.
You in?
For the bacon... of course!
For the beer... ummmmm...
Beer snob eh?
Haven’t been there in years but my guess is their craft brew economy is just as serviceable as ours in the US.
That said, give me an ice cold PBR longneck any day. The only beer that won a blue ribbon.
Yup. IPA only. Canadians do lagers. Like Americans. Yechhhhh!
No IPA here. Hitting a Pipers Porter right now. In honor of:
Yummy.
Add butter tarts, Nanaimo bars and poutine and I'm in.
Mmmm buttertarts and bacon. Someone should make that, sounds delicious
Do you call it Canadian bacon, or as it is called in Canada, 'back bacon'?
Better read it again, Sparty On. They DIDN'T say his citizenship HAS BEEN revoked, nor did they say it to Musk, they asked their government to revoke his citizenship. Consider yourself lucky to have the "free speech" to spread disinformation.
Soory Buzz but you can parse words all you want. They signed a petition to revoke his citizenship. Full stop, end of story. Do you think that means they don’t want to revoke it?
That said, I’m sure he is really broken up aboot it eh?
I didn't realize he had Canadian citizenship. They should revoke it. Just like the US should revoke his citizenship then send him back to Africa on a slow, smelly, cargo ship
I know, right? I had no idea.
I don't think as a free society that we want to start making citizenship decisions based on which brand of politics the person supports. Seems a pretty dangerous precedent.
Tell you what. We will take Musk and Canada can have Omar.
Not a problem as long as you keep Cruz and Bieber.
Mmmmmm we will take Cruz but Bieber will have to stay. However, to make it even, we will take Keanu Reeves
Oh, yea...and an added bonus for you, you can take back Jim Carey.
Ummm... Omar's second passport is Somali. She represents Minnesota, which hasn't (yet) been folded into the great state of Red-White-and-Blue-land.
Don't trade with bugsy.
We really want you to have Musk. I know that's a shitty thing to do to Canada because, really, yinz are nice folks. I spent a week there traveling back from Alaska.
So you take Musk and kill him with kindness. Take him to Tim Horton's daily
Not a problem, however, the entire cast of Trailer Park Boys are not up for trade.
Conky? Is that you?
LOL. I second that request.
Morning...maybe all you Canadian mob should send 5 bullet points to Musk explaining why you wouldn't buy a heap of crap like Tesla...or use X or anything else the maggot is associated with...
I called Musk a maggot after the Thailand incident and I still stand by my words, even though some thought it rather harsh...nope I call them as I see them...
Just a thought..
Thailand incident? Do tell
Morning...when the Thai boys were stuck in a cave for days and Musk called a British rescue diver a pedo..(pedophile).. Musk is the lowest of the low....
Musk got his balls in a twist because they refused to use a useless submarine Musk had created...
Musk was insulted over it as he was after glory of rescuing the boys...the Brits and us got the boys out and had to sedate them to manually pull them through the caves and tunnels...all survived..
Musk always has been a wanker and always will be....
I remember the kids trapped in the cave and the SCUBA rescue but never heard of a Musk submarine. Lol too funny, thanks Shona
Yeah.. this would have worked really well in the caves and tunnels some running at 90 degree angles...he was told it was completely unsuitable..
That's when he threw his massive hissy fits...what a wanker..
Not my photo.. the rescuers had more brains...
We should do the same here because he certainly isn't showing any knowledge of our Constitution, our laws, our government or showing any loyalty the American people.