A parliamentary petition to revoke Elon Musk’s Canadian citizenship is gaining steam

 

A parliamentary petition to revoke Elon Musk’s Canadian citizenship is gaining steam

Musk became a citizen through his Saskatchewan-born mother in 1989, but now a petition argues that his alliance with Trump goes against the country’s ‘national interest.’

BY Jennifer Mattson

Elon Musk is in hot water with our Canadian neighbors to the north.

A parliamentary petition with 200,000 signatures and climbing is calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to revoke Musk’s Canadian citizenship and passport for threatening Canada’s sovereignty by “engaging in activities that go against the national interest.”

The British Columbia author Qualia Reed launched the petition in Canada’s House of Commons, where it was sponsored by parliamentary member Charlie Angus over the weekend, as reported by the Canadian Press.

Musk was born in South Africa, but obtained Canadian citizenship in 1989 through his mother, Maye Musk, who was born in Saskatchewan. The SpaceX CEO and current adviser to President Trump then went on to become a U.S. citizen in 2002.

Like a growing number of Americans, many Canadians have had enough of Musk’s alliance with Trump and his extreme interference at the highest levels of American government. Canadians are also angered by the continued threats to slap high tariffs on goods from our longtime trading partner and ally, along with Trump’s outrageous calls to make Canada our 51st state.

The petition, launched on February 20, only needed 500 signatures for presentation to the House of Commons to garner a formal government response. It calls on Trudeau to revoke Musk’s Canadian citizenship status and his Canadian passport “effective immediately.”


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Jennifer Mattson is a Contributing Writer at Fast Company, where she covers news trends and writes daily about business, technology, finance and the workplace.. She is a former network news producer for CNN, CNN International and a number of public radio programs 


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