Tens of hundreds of Canadians are calling for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to strip Elon Musk of his Canadian citizenship. Credit score: Flickr: Daniel Oberhaus
Over 150,000 Canadians have signed a petition calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to revoke Elon Musk’s Canadian citizenship.
Anger felt by Canadians in the direction of the tech billionaire has been rising resulting from his shut affiliation with Donald Trump. The US president has repeatedly challenged Canadian sovereignty, earlier this month he stated: “What I’d wish to see – Canada change into our 51st state.”
The petition was initiated by British Columbia creator Qualia Reed in Canada’s Home of Commons and sponsored by the New Democratic Celebration MP Charlie Angus, who has been a robust critic of Musk. It seeks to take away Musk’s passport and revoke his Canadian citizenship with fast impact. At roughly 157,000 signatures, the petition has soared previous the five hundred signatures required for it to be introduced earlier than the Home of Commons in Ottawa.
The grounds for stripping Musk of citizenship are listed as his engagement “in actions that go towards the nationwide curiosity of Canada,” his use of “wealth and energy to affect our elections” and his changing into a “member of a overseas authorities that’s trying to erase Canadian sovereignty.”
Elon Musk’s Canadian citizenship
South African born Musk’s Canadian citizenship comes from his mom who’s from Regina, the capital of the province Saskatchewan. He runs his corporations the electrical automotive producer Tesla, the social media platform X and aerospace firm SpaceX from the US.
Since Trump started his second time period as president, Musk has additionally been dismantling numerous US authorities businesses and programmes as a “particular authorities worker” main the Division of Authorities Effectivity (DOGE), an advisory physique arrange by Trump.
Trump’s threats in the direction of Canada
The president’s time period up to now has been marked by quite a few hostile feedback made about numerous long run US allies, maybe most notably in the direction of the nation’s northern neighbour.
He threatened to impose a 25% tariff on all Canadian exports to the US, except for power which might be taxed at 10%. He later granted a last-minute 30 day reprieve after Prime Minister Trudeau agreed to strengthen the Canadian-US border in a clamp down on the movement of the drug fentanyl.
Final yr, Trump additionally referred to Trudeau as “governor” of the “Nice State of Canada.” This was a jibe referring to the title given to chief executives of American states.
In response, many Canadians have pledged to boycott American-made merchandise and cancelled journeys to the US. Additional indicators of discontent got here throughout a Nationwide Hockey League recreation between the Toronto Raptors and the Los Angeles Clippers in Ottawa, the place Canadian followers booed because the US nationwide anthem was sang.