Another one! Now we find out that Stephane Dion is also a dual citizen. Am I the only Canadian who is not a dual citizen? IMHO, I think a dual citizen is analogous to a man with two wives at the same time. Please pick one country and one wife.
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Ok, ok. I'll start shopping immediately for a second country and a second wife.
The second country is hopefully free but the second wife could be expensive.
The second country is hopefully free but the second wife could be expensive.
Isn't Canada already 3 nations? Quebec is a nation. The First Nations is a nation. Oh yes, Canada is also a nation.
I personally have two citizenships. I am first and foremost a Canadian but I maintain my Italian citizenship (including passport) to give me options for my future and to maintain my cultural heritage.
Jasmine Jazz said:
Ditto. My career has benifited working for a Canadian company who required someone to work overseas. I saved my company the hassle of getting work Visas etc, and in turn I got the opportunity to learn things and bring that knowledge back here.
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If you enter with Canadian passport, you've certain dip. rights if you get into trouble.Jasmine Jazz said:
But then Canadian foreign services os weak in Asia, unlike the Americans, best to avoid getting into trouble in the 1st place. Last year woman was got caught carrying 'package' for others in Viet that turn out to be drugs. She was executed & CDN foreign services didn't have Ottawa backing to do anything.
Afraid to offend trading partner - crap.
My issue with people with multiple citizenships are those who enter with one citizenship and when trouble happens they expect the other to bail them out even though that nation's power to help was reduced because they went in with the other pasport. For an example just look at the Lebanese-Canadians who went in with a Lebanese passport and then slammed Canada for being slow in coming to their aid.
LancsLad said:And of the 3 Canada pays the bills for the other 2 .
Come back to the US were you are appreciated
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You would do the same if rockets were going off around you & your love ones.Don said:
Other nations had ships all lined-up while Ottawa was playing politics. If only you know how weak our Foreign Affairs dept is, you would be scare to leave Canada. I know people work there, they get no support from Ottawa.
I watched the interview between Peter Mansbridge and Stephane Dione on CBC. It was an excellent extended interview in which Peter asked the question on dual citizenship (Actually the question was initially posed if Dion had two passports. He does not. Only a Canadian one. And Mansbridge admitted he too has dual citizenship). Dion gave a very complete and impassioned answer. Yes he is a french citizen since his mother was french. But that is part of who he is as a person. And there's no doubt that he is 101% a canadian. Just look at his record as a parlimentarian and cabinet minister. And yes, he said he would renounce the french citizenship if canadians didn't believe he was loyal to Canada and it became a problem. Having heard the interview in its entirity (and not just the media sound bites that give an incomplete picture of the response), I'm all for him keeping it. A very intelligent MP. He grows on me everytime I listen to him. And I voted conservative in the last election to get rid of the entitlement seeking liberals under Martin.
She's Canadian, what do you expect? Canadians are about as patriotic as whatever country/nationality they come/their parents come from. I have freinds who are born here and still call themselves Indian, Chinese, Greek, Italian, Korean, Jamaican before they call themselves Canadian. And it goes the other way, I have a friend who's family has been here since the 1860s and people still ask her where she's from. It's until she answers that her ansestors are German will people stop asking her. No wonder many of our best and brightest are going to the States. If they only had universal health care and got rid of the gun toting, bible thumping ways, the US would be perfect. At least Americans know who is first in their minds.
