Experts say an independent Albertan wouldn’t be entitled to Canadian citizenship
Legally I don’t know that we can revoke citizenship, but the separatists are really giving “have your cake and eat it too” vibes with this.
Like, do you want to leave or not? If Canada is so awful to you, why would you keep it?
It reminds me of a teenager threatening to move out because they have to clean their room.
Legally I don’t know that we can revoke citizenship
I don’t think so - the only time citizenship can be revoked is if it was fraudulently acquired, as far as I know.
The article does a pretty good job of outlining the ways Canada could (and should, to be frank) make things difficult for a province that has declared independence, though.
I don’t think so - the only time citizenship can be revoked is if it was fraudulently acquired, as far as I know.
We can revoke citizenship if parliament changes the Citizenship Act as part of a secession negotiation. The supreme court will put constitutional guardrails on it but it’s absolutely possible.
The boring answer is that if a province is going to seceed, it will require a negotiated settlement between the said province and Canada, and such a settlement will absolutely contain agreements around what happens with the citizenships of that province’s residents.
Alberta treasonists claim independence means holding onto a Canadian passport. We asked legal experts
Citizenship is granted to everyone born in Canada, as well as children born to Canadian parents who are born abroad. There is no real legal mechanism for revocation.
Canadian passports are issued to Canadian citizens.
This seems like a pretty valid legal question?
There is no real legal mechanism for revocation.
There is. Parliament has the right to control how citizenship is obtained and lost, it’s governed by federal law. If Alberta actually passes a referendum and gets it past the clarity act, you can expect that Canada will be looking into updating the Citizenship Act. They can create whatever legal mechanism they want as long as they don’t leave people stateless or apply it in a way that is unjust (according to the supreme court and constitution).
It would be a huge legal battle but it’s something that the federal government will hold over the province in a secession negotiation, and the final settlement between Canada and Alberta would include an agreement about how to handle citizenships.
They can create whatever legal mechanism they want
Which means, by definition, there isn’t one now, which is what I said.
Well, sure, okay, sorry my wording was bad. I wanted to clarify because your comment might sound to readers like it’s not possible. The law doesn’t provide for revocation today, but it easily could do tomorrow, if parliament wills it.
