Over 3 Lakh Signal Petition To Revoke Elon Musk’s Canadian Citizenship
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It has been lower than every week since Member of Parliament, Charlie Angus, sponsored a petition within the Home of Commons for revoking Elon Musk’s Canadian citizenship and it has already been signed by over 315,000 Canadians. The petition asks the Prime Minister to revoke Musk’s citizenship as a result of he “has engaged in actions that go towards the nationwide curiosity of Canada.” The petition was initiated by creator Qualia Reed from Nanaimo, British Columbia.
The petition says that Musk has now turn into a member of a international authorities that’s making an attempt to erase Canadian sovereignty and that these makes an attempt by him to assault Canadian sovereignty should be addressed. Musk has Canadian citizenship by way of his mom, Maye Musk (nee Halderman), who was born in Regina, Saskatchewan. Presently, Elon Musk has a twin Canadian-US citizenship.
In an interview with CBC Information Angus mentioned that he is aware of a petition wouldn’t result in the cancellation of his citizenship however the individuals need to specific their anger on the profoundly anti-democratic actions of Musk. Angus mentioned that Musk has mentioned Canada just isn’t an actual nation and that he’s the right-hand man of US President Donald Trump who does not consider Canada had a proper to exist so Musk may pose a direct menace to Canada’s sovereignty. Angus was referring to a tweet by Elon Musk that mentioned “Canada just isn’t an actual nation” as a response to the petition however took down that tweet later.
Canadian citizenship can solely be revoked if an individual has dedicated fraud, misrepresented themself, or knowingly hid info on an immigration or citizenship utility. The Conservative authorities of Stephen Harper had launched a invoice C-24 in 2015 that sought revocation of citizenship for terror, treason, or espionage. It had been a subject of heated debate with the then-leader of the Liberal Get together Justin Trudeau opposing any conditionality connected to citizenship saying it devalues it. Trudeau had argued that offences must be handled by way of acceptable legal guidelines and punishments moderately than making citizenship itself conditional.
In January, NDP MP Angus wrote to Election Canada searching for an investigation into Musk owned, X and the way it could possibly be used to govern the Canadian federal election. He requested the election physique to extract a dedication from Musk on the algorithmic transparency that might permit election observers to see whether or not X was interfering with the promotion or suppression of political content material.
