scrubbedexpat091

I don't recall it being an issue in the US either, the biggest issue there at the time over it all seemed to be the perception the State Dept was taking too long and that they had initially made people sign promissory notes.

Former Lancastrian

Not as simple as that. Many of the Lebanese had gained citizenship either through birth in Canada and then went to the Lebanon at a very early age or had it passed on by having a parent who was a Canadian citizen but they themselves were born in the Lebanon.

Old Citizenship Act.
you were born outside Canada and at least one of your parents was born in Canada,
you were born outside Canada and at least one of your parents was naturalized in Canada before your birth,

Many of them had never lived in Canada but were Canadian citizens as seen above. Their parents had registered their births and applied for Citizenship Certificates therefore eligible to apply for Canadian passports.
It cost approx $100 million regarding the evacuation and within 12 months most returned to the Lebanon. This is what caused the comments by some.

There are many on here who have both Canadian and UK citizenship living in Canada. Dual citizens cannot be deported from Canada but it does ask the question if an expat living in Canada got into serious trouble would you even consider asking the UK Embassy/Consulate for assistance? You have that option.

Canadian citizenship is seen by some countries who allow dual citizenship to be like winning the lottery. As citizenship can be passed on though not as liberally now with the new changes to the Act such as this clause
you are born outside Canada to Canadian parent(s) on or after April 17, 2009, but neither parent was born or naturalized in Canada you are not a Canadian citizen.

So effectively you could be a Canadian citizen having never lived in Canada and 70 years later you now make the decision to now live in Canada. Why is that you think?

Im just the messenger these are not my personal views.

Shard

Thanks for the clarifying comments. $100 MN is small change if it saved a few lives.

BristolUK

But it's all okay as we got Lennox Lewis back, we gained Greg Rusedski and then Owen Hargreaves played football for England never having lived or worked in England so it all evens out.

Not to mention Zola Budd

dbd33

As a citizen of convenience, I think of it more as winning at the church hall tombola. A Canadian passport simplifies procedures at the US border, I think that's it for me. I believe other dual citizens see it as being less desirable but easier to obtain than an American one.

I think bats nailed the Harper government at "bigoted and churlish".

wheatsheaf

Re Brits being evacuated back to the UK. I believe there are many examples of the UK taking extraordinary measures to protect UK citizens. The Falklands, Uganda, and others. To my mind, the Uganda evacuation was the best example of what a nation ( the UK in this case) can and should do for its citizens irrespective of whos/hows/wherefores citizenship was obtained or even if dual nationality was held.

Would anyone on this forum surrender UK Citizenship if Canada ever legislated against dual nationality? From conversations it seems Italian Canadians, Greek Canadians and Portuguese Canadians dont particularly care and would surrender their country of origin citizenships.

Shard

Really? There's a "Maltese chap" on here who might disagree with that, and I can never imagine a Greek or Italian being indifferent about his citizenship.

Novocastrian

They did. Alive.

Perhaps you've forgotten that the 2006 evacuation came about because Hezbollah abducted TWO Israeli soldiers from across the northern border and that Israel's "proportionate" "measured" response was to unleash a full on assault by air. land and sea against the civilian populations of Beirut, Tyre and most of the rest of Lebanon.

Of course Canada could have made a distinction between Canadians and "Canadians" but Harper was new then and took a bit longer to reveal that he was a racist.

wheatsheaf

With the distinction of old stock and new stock, "Canadian" and Canadian, the illustrious economist Harper and Conservatives even today, could well have uncovered a terrible truth?. That in everything, from application of the Charter and laws, to education and general social interaction, Canadian values are segmented and cannot be anticipated with any sense of assuredness. Dont know if this is fact, but heck, it must frighten the thinking generations that follow.

Former Lancastrian

I knew my ballistic vest would come in handy once I posted an article and then opinions on what was said by others not by me or my thoughts on the subject

Yes Im aware of what happened in 2006. The Canadians in Lebanon were evacuated and thousands were brought back to Canada by various means.
Now any disparaging comments made about this evacuation were made by some Canadians I was just reporting what had been said or what I know to have been said by various media sources in 2006.

I benefit from dual citizenship but I have my own thoughts on the subject of dual citizenship.

Bleepedy Bloops

This.

Gozit

Yeah no. You can pry my dual citizenship from my cold, dead hands....

+1 to that. I can also think of alot of people on here who wouldn't be indifferent to losing their UK citizenship and rightfully so.