Hundreds of thousands of people signed a petition for withdrawing Elon Musk’s Canadian citizenship with the tension between the Trump administration and Canada.
The petition, which was signed five days ago, accuses MUSK for acting against the interests of Canada’s country and damaging sovereignty.
In Canada Citizens can cancel Only when someone committed a fraud, falsely expressed or deliberately hid the information about immigration or citizenship applications. Born in South Africa, MUSK has Canada and US citizenship.
The billionaire who responded to the petition wrote in X as follows. “Canada is not a real country.” The post was deleted later.
petition The billionaire said, “He used his wealth and power to influence the election, and now he has become a member of a foreign government to erase Canadian sovereignty”.
The petition, which began on February 20, has already opened for the signature by June 20, which has already been signed by more than 250,000 Canadians.
It is mostly symbolic and has no legal power. However, petitions with at least 500 signatures and sponsorships in parliament generally receive the government’s response. This may not be because spring elections can dissolve parliament.
It was made by the British Columbia writer and approved by the new Democratic Party’s MP Charlie Angus. Angus, the 20-year MP of Timmins-James Bay, announced that it will not be re-elected.
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Since Trump’s return, the US-Canadian tension has increased, and the president has repeatedly suggested that Canada can be a US-American country and threaten tariffs on steel, aluminum and other imports.
Canadian leaders were pushed back by swearing the opposition.
Canadians canceled their travels to the United States, boycotted American products, and bought the opposite national anthem in hockey and basketball games.
Mr. MUSK moved from South Africa to Canada at the age of 18 and did something strange before studying at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. He later moved to the United States.
The billionaire has supported Trump’s hard -line immigration policy, but is now facing an investigation into the claims that illegally worked for a student visa in the United States.
In a recent interview, President Trump’s former advisor Steve Bannon called Musk as “parasitic illegal immigrants.”
Tesla said he refused to accuse and did not work illegally. According to recent electricity, he became an American citizen in 2002.
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