It would simplify things if no country allowed dual citizenship.
Pick a country and be loyal to it.
We're I to reside 1/2 the year in France and chose to obtain citizenship there while retaining my Canadian citizenship, I would see no harm in that, and indeed a benefit, to myself and both respective countries.
Confused American says "all is well"...
I don't think you were born a dual citizen. You (or your parents in some other cases) had to make a conscious decision to obtain the second one.Aaaah, I've actually battled with this dilemma my entire life....ok, only since about the age of 14. I was born in Canada but I have de facto Czech citizenship from birth through no doing of my own (in fact, it's basically thanks to the scourge of communism) but no documentation stating such and have not applied for my passport to this day.
I have finally caved and filled out the passport application and have yet to submit it. I think I finally capitulated.
For years I was of the mind that having a dual citizenship divided my loyalties and I don't really recall when exactly or why I changed my mind on the matter, but here I am.
I think it may be because I was born a dual citizen that I finally gave up fighting it.
I'm not going to renounce my European citizenship because I value the EU greatly and don't mind contributing to society there.
Anyway, to be completely honest, I'm primarily loyal to Ontario so there....that kinda messes up your entire loyalty to nation calculation, I reckon.
I don't think you were born a dual citizen. You (or your parents in some other cases) had to make a conscious decision to obtain the second one.
Anyways, there is no doubt that dual citizenship is beneficial to the person - it is to the country that it is of no (little) benefit. I like to think Canada is a good enough place that we don't have to offer these goodies to lure people to come to Canada.
What‘s with Trudeau and the whisper talking about Iran. You can’t tell the nation you’re mad in your library voice.
OK. I have parents both from your former southern neighbour. I believe they passed a law that I am eligible for citizenship, but I didn't apply for it.No, I was born with it because of political circumstances in Czechoslovakia at the time (through a later act of Czechoslovakian parliament) and since I was born in Canada, I was also born with Canadian citizenship.
Ok, wait, you're actually right...I wasn't born with it...it was automatically given me upon the enacting of a law in their parliament.
In any case, I didn't have to apply or meet any criteria for receiving it other than have my parents be refugees from communist hell on Earth.
I didn't ask for either of my citizenships...they were given me for two different reasons without me having had to apply.
Are you at all suggesting I renounce one of them?
OK. I have parents both from your former southern neighbour. I believe they passed a law that I am eligible for citizenship, but I didn't apply for it.
It might hurt me if I ever ran for PM.
What‘s with Trudeau and the whisper talking about Iran. You can’t tell the nation you’re mad in your library voice.
He is a beta male what do you expect?
He seems like a guy that help his ex girlfriend move in with her new bf that she duped you to be with.
This statement popped out as particularly funny to me. I would say that my loyalties reside primarily with Toronto and to Canada, but I am rather indifferent towards Ontario. When abroad, I would say I am from Toronto or Canada before saying I am from Ontario.Anyway, to be completely honest, I'm primarily loyal to Ontario so there....that kinda messes up your entire loyalty to nation calculation, I reckon.
This statement popped out as particularly funny to me. I would say that my loyalties reside primarily with Toronto and to Canada, but I am rather indifferent towards Ontario. When abroad, I would say I am from Toronto or Canada before saying I am from Ontario.
I think I have seen a poll somewhere in the past that showed that there was a generational link indicating that the younger generation associated with the provincial level the least, with Quebec being obvious exception.
Lol Patrick brazeau is a low life criminal thug.That beta male managed to beat the crap out of Patrick Brazeau? Please, can we get more nonsensical than this stereotypical appendage-waving BS?
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