An online petition calling on the Canadian government to revoke Elon Musk's citizenship has been signed by more than 300,000 people (when told this on X, Musk replied, in a now-deleted post, "Canada is not a real country"). But according to experts, that's highly unlikely to happen. @cbcnews explains why.
@NewsDesk @cbcnews here’s one that we can act on. The integrity of #Canada democratic system is at risk as foreign #disinformation campaigns continue to threaten public trust.
Protect the integrity of our election as it is a national security priority, take immediate action to safeguard our #democracy. #petition https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-5346
@MisterWanko Yes, according to the immigration lawyer CBC spoke to, it's possible but difficult and would require new legislation and amendments to the current Citizenship Act, since under current law, citizenship can only be revoked if obtained by fraud or misrepresentation (Musk's mother is Canadian, born in Regina, Saskatchewan).
@NewsDesk What I'm saying here is, let people have hope that Canada declares him an enemy combatant, and revokes his citizenship as a consequence of his harm to Canada.
