This issue has just blown up in Australia. It turns out that some MP's have dual New Zealand citizenship, and accordingly, they have to give up their seats, including the Deputy PM.
We also see this issue come up in the US, where the rule focuses also on where you are born.
Canada allows dual citizens - often historically it has been citizens of France and Canada.
I am a dual citizen. I have New Zealand and Canadian citizenship. But if I ran for government office, or the military, I would have no problem giving it up. In fact, I couldn't care less about giving up the New Zealand citizenship, it has been almost twenty years since I left the country. I don't vote in NZ (I can't as there is a rule requiring you to have visited within four years), and I have no business doing so anyway.
My concern is conflict of interest - how do you know someone is really committed to Canada's interest, versus the country they are also a citizen of? I would think when you take government office, or a military role, that's important.
What do people on here think? Has Australia got it right or has Canada?
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news...ectid=11937590
Australia's High Court this afternoon ruled that Joyce and four other Australian Members of Parliament were ineligible to run for their seats, threatening the Australian Government's one-seat majority in the House of Representatives. Joyce will now fight a by-election for his seat.
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