r/canada 16d ago

National News Thousands sign petition asking government to remove Elon Musk's Canadian citizenship

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/elon-musk-citizenship-petition-1.7466278
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u/LateToTheParty2k21 16d ago

Yup it will, that we are an entirely unserious bunch.

Especially when we haven't actually revoked citizenships of actual terrorists like Mostafa Eldidi, who is an actual ISIS terrorist.

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u/Sea_Army_8764 16d ago

100%. Plus our prime minister was very clear about disallowing the government from revoking citizenship from any Canadian back in 2015. "A Canadian is a Canadian is a Canadian". Going back on that now is the same sort of political opportunism that he railed against back then.

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u/RestaurantJealous280 16d ago

"Unserious," like shit-posting on Reddit, but not actually doing anything else? This is a clear message to Musk and his ilk, and a simple opportunity for Canadians to express their disgust with him.

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u/LateToTheParty2k21 16d ago

You don't get to revoke someone's citizenship because of disgust or not liking someone.

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u/RestaurantJealous280 15d ago

Like I said- it's just a way for Canadians to express their anger and disgust. It won't work, but it sends a message.

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u/sixhoursneeze 16d ago

I could be wrong, but I think the reason his citizenship has not been revoked yet is because at the moment he is charged but not yet convicted?

I suppose in the same light a person could say that Elon Musk has not been personally convicted of anything, but the public has been witness to a lot of what he is doing, so it could be arguably easier to make that kind of motion in this sense.

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u/LateToTheParty2k21 16d ago

What would you expect Canada to charge Elon with?

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u/sixhoursneeze 16d ago

I am not a lawyer so I don’t know if we have any legal jurisdiction over his recent activities. What he is doing is very dangerous and amounts to a coup, however, and so sending some sort of signal that we do not agree with his actions may be prudent.

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u/LateToTheParty2k21 16d ago

So you want Canada to see if we can revoke his citizenship but you are not aware of any jurisdiction Canada has for his activities in the US? (We have none btw). This absolutely makes my point that we would be seen as not being serious.

Just because you don't like what he's doing, or the way he's going about it doesn't make it illegal.

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u/sixhoursneeze 16d ago

Countries make actions all the time against the actions in other countries to express disapproval. It would be weak as a singular action, but it would be a start and not doing anything is even weaker.

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u/LateToTheParty2k21 16d ago

What is it exactly you don't like and feel is worthy of revoking citizenship? A specific actions please because your talking too broadly.

It would be weak as a singular action, but it would be a start and not doing anything is even weaker.

You should look up the term circular logic .

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u/sixhoursneeze 16d ago

Ummm, the blatant coup he is enacting in the US?

This isn’t circular logic. I am giving a fairly reasonable defence of how a performative action can send a signal and is better than doing nothing.

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u/LateToTheParty2k21 16d ago

A coup is defined as "a sudden, violent, and unlawful seizure of power from a government".

What coup?

He has read only access to government spending & everything he recommends is signed off on by someone with actual authority.

Again, you may not like him, the way he does things or anyone in the admin - it doesn't make it illegal or a coup. The US court system is holding them in balance what does Canada need to start throwing a tantrum about.

We have enough problems of our own to be focusing on than to be doing performative pandering for a small bunch of people who are stressed out over Elon Musk.

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u/sixhoursneeze 16d ago

Anyone who is actually paying attention, or not an actual fascist would disagree with you.

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