Australian senator 'devastated' to learn she is a Canadian and has to step down

National Post ^ | July 18, 2017 | The Canadian Press

[vooch]

we need same rule

there are thousands of dual nationals working in the federal gov’t and many hold top security clearances

[Disambiguator]

First world problems. “The Australian woman was DEVASTATED to find out she was Canadian”. LOL

Now she has to learn to talk with a different accent, eh?

[editor-surveyor]

Royt mate!

[editor-surveyor]

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Darn!

There you go poisoning the well with facts and reality.

Shame on you.
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[Ray76]

He was born in a foreign country with foreign parentage. He was made a US citizen by statute.

[Paal Gulli]

They're both British, what's the diff?

[If] you put the Queen on your money, ...you're British.

[octex]

How did she become a Canadian citizen?
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I had the same thought.

I recall when some FReepers were accusing Cruz of being a Canadian that someone posted the Canadian law and it would have required an application for citizenship to be submitted before he was age 21 (or 22?). His mom didn’t submit an application, so he was never a Canadian.

Same should be true for this Australian woman.

[Ray76]

> he was never a Canadian.

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2013/12/ted-cruz-can-renounce-his-canadian-citizenship-with-this-4-page-form/

[trebb]

Yep - took a while but Cruz is back in my good graces - I’m sure he’ll be overwhelmed with delight to hear that.......

[Svartalfiar]

Stuff like this is stupid. Canada gives ‘citizenship’ to anyone born in their country (even if both parents are just visiting or students, etc). What happens if some randonm country makes everyone in the world count as one of their citizens? Does that mean every MP in Australia needs to renounce that or resign?

[editor-surveyor]

He was born an American citizen because his mother was an american citizen.

Spraying your stupid lies gets really old.

[editor-surveyor]

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There was no need to renounce the citizenship that he didn’t have.

He never did anything to establish Canadian citizenship; he was brought to the US as an infant on his mother’s passport.

Liars like you leave a bad smell around FR.

[Ray76]

> There was no need to renounce the citizenship that he didn’t have.

Don’t be ridiculous. He DID renounce his Canadian citizenship.

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2014/01/03/why-is-it-taking-so-long-for-ted-cruz-to-renounce-his-canadian-citizenship

http://www.macleans.ca/news/world/ted-cruz-says-hell-renounce-canadian-citizenship/

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ted-cruz-tea-party-favourite-renounces-canadian-citizenship-1.2671479