Again, cross-posting from Maple Sandbox this relevant information:
http://maplesandbox.ca/2014/canadian-government-proposing-changes-to-citizenship-act/
According to several sources this morning, our government is going to be announcing changes to our citizenship act today. I think we will all be anxiously waiting to see how this affects us.
( links at Maple Sandbox article )
Conservatives set to announce ‘comprehensive’ changes to Citizenship Act
“Citizenship and Immigration Minister Chris Alexander will detail the changes at a Toronto news conference. The government is calling the overhaul the first comprehensive reform to the Citizenship Act in more than a generation. Alexander recently said the government planned to implement new rules that will ensure Canadian citizenship “has value.” Among the reported changes is one that would allow Ottawa to revoke the citizenship of dual nationals in “extreme cases,” such as in cases of treason or acts of terrorism.Alexander also suggested recently the government will try to give citizenship to those who have been wrongfully denied it in the past, such as the children of war brides.”
Don’t know about anyone else, but I am very afraid, considering how they caved so absolutely yesterday.
@Stateless Man,
What would happen if you renounced without having permanent residency in the country where you are renouncing? Permanent Residency is very difficult to obtain in most of the countries I’m familiar with. You would have to have a job, a local wife, make a huge investment, or meet other stringent requirements.
Malaysia’s Certificate of Identity, for example, is only available to permanent residents. What do you think would happen to someone who didn’t have permanent residency yet renounced in a Third World country? Particularly in a country that didn’t sign the 1951 Statelessness Convention? Would they put you in jail?
Like you, I want to disconnect from the US without having to wait years to obtain a new citizenship.
Green Sesame: This is an article from April 2013…
I don’t know what Canada would do for someone who is not criminally inadmissible but rest assured, being stateless is a situation that is fraught with uncertainty; especially since there will more than likely be a review of the matter before any new legislative changes the Citizenship and Immigration statutes are brought into play.
Canada has been known to extradite stateless persons.
http://metronews.ca/news/canada/649531/immigration-minister-to-review-statelessness/
Now I don’t know if the new amendments recently put into effect a few days ago addressed the uncertainty level any either.
One thing of which I noted in the article: Chris Alexander, Canada’s Citizenship and Immigration Minister states:
“Citizenship is not a right, it is a privilege,” Citizenship and Immigration Minister Chris Alexander told reporters gathered at a news conference in Toronto after the bill was tabled in Parliament.
Under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Article 15 (1) Everyone has the right to a nationality. (2) No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his nationality nor denied the right to change his nationality.
If Canada signed on to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as it was tabled in 1948, then evidently, Minister Alexander hasn’t studied his history in school.
Ah, yes, the Sochi Olympics and US Taxation of US Persons Abroad:
Top US athletes winning gold at Sochi may need to pay $10,000 taxes Americans for Tax Reform slams policy as ‘illogical’ and ‘one of the most backward’
Any duals – Canadian Olympians with medals?….I vaguely recall a female swimmer from Canada on the US Summer Olympic team…
Missy Franklin…(she chose the US though..so clear cut US Citizen)
Franklin was born in Pasadena, California in 1995, the daughter of Dick and D. A. Franklin. She resides in Centennial, Colorado and began swimming there at the age of five at the urging of her mother. She was enrolled at Regis Jesuit High School in Aurora, Colorado and graduated in 2013.[5]
Both of Franklin’s parents are Canadian and Franklin has dual citizenship.[6] Her father, Dick, was born in St. Catharines, Ontario. A former All-Canadian football player for Saint Mary’s University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, he played briefly for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League as an offensive lineman. After an injury ended his football career, he returned to Halifax to pursue an MBA degree at Dalhousie University, where he met his future wife, a medical student. While working for 7-Up in Ontario, Dick was transferred to the United States. Ultimately the family settled in Denver, Colorado, where Dick had a senior position with Coors Brewing Company.[6] Franklin’s mother suggested that her daughter consider competing for Canada to ease the pressure of qualifying for the U.S. National Team due to the competitive depth of American swimmers. Franklin, however, chose to represent the United States, citing her patriotism for her homeland.[7]
http://olympics.cbc.ca/news/article/article=ice-dancer-piper-gilles-becomes-canadian-citizen.html
Ice Dance Piper Gilles…..
@The Animal, thanks for the info. I was not thinking of becoming stateless in Canada but in Asia, where no country has signed the 1951 Statelessness Convention. Simply because that’s where I want to live, and if I wouldn’t be able to travel internationally, I’d rather be stuck there.
Or maybe I’ll find an Asian woman to marry just to get residency. I’ve been reluctant to do this because my track record in relationships is dismal, and I’d probably end up losing most of my money again in the divorce, but maybe it’s worth it to lose the US ball and chain.