Canada

Through his mother if I recall correctly

Yeah his mom was Canadian, he moved here to go to a Canadian uni, and work on his aunts farm.

How is this not higher up. It makes way too much sense.

Elon Musk was not born in Canada. He is South African. A lot else about him should make sense once you realize that.

Don't you have to be born in the US to become president there?

Isn't he already the president, well I mean at least pulling all the strings with no repercussions? Mind you the Donvict doesn't seem to have any repercussions yet.

Me neither but that's not what's happening. The petition is not the basis for the action. The basis for the petition is the basis for the action, and the petition is a tool to demonstrate public support for the action.

I won't be signing it, though. This will help no one and I'd rather spend our political capital on things that do.

The basis of them actively trying to annex the entire country? I think if there was ever a good reason to remove someone’s citizenship it is because they want to destroy the country AND they have the power to do so.

There was a situation in Switzerland where the people in the canteen didn’t like this woman so they refused to approve her citizenship.

This is pretty much the issue: laws have to apply to people I dislike as much as they apply to people I like. That's precisely why we have a constitution, etc.

As much as I dislike Elon and co, he deserves due process as much as everyone else.

Though I do think that something like a petition having the power to actually revoke a person’s citizenship is draconian, and should never actually happen in Canada, I do support the sentiment.

You can rest easy, there's no mechanism for a petition to do anything except draw attention from those who can.

That was my first reaction too. Did you read the text of the petition? What he's doing isn't just politics, he's actively working to erase Canada. There must be some level of anti-Canada behaviour (really bad phrasing, but I can't think of anything better and you know what I mean) that warrants revocation of citizenship?

• Elon Musk has engaged in activities that go against the national interest of Canada;
• He has used his wealth and power to influence our elections;
• He has now become a member of a foreign government that is attempting to erase Canadian sovereignty; and
• The attempts of Elon Musk to attack Canadian sovereignty must be addressed.

Don't tolerate the intolerant. It's time to take the kid gloves off and be nasty to these people.

Thank you for this sobering point. It's easy to let your hate of someone open the gates to fascism. I mean, that's basically what this whole thing (gestures vaguely south) is about.

His family has a lot of Canadian ties. His mother is Canadian and his grandfather moved to South Africa from Canada because we weren't apartheid enough.

0%. Governments don't do things because people signed a petition. In this case, I'm not even sure it's legally possible. Musk has a Canadian mother. He's Canadian by birthright.