Posted on 07/18/2017 12:33:20 PM PDT by rickmichaels
An Australian senator has been forced to step down because she is a dual citizen of Australia and Canada.
The Australian constitution disqualifies potential candidates from seeking election if they hold dual or plural citizenship.
Larissa Waters, who was also the deputy leader of the Green party, told a news conference Monday that was only found out about her status on Monday with “great shock and sadness.”
Waters was born to Australian parents in 1977 while they were studying and working in Winnipeg.
She left Canada as an 11-month old baby and said she always believed she was just Australian.
Water said she also didn’t know she had to renounce the Canadian citizenship that was bestowed upon her at birth.
“I had not renounced since I was unaware that I was a dual citizen. Obviously this is something that I should have sought advice on when I first nominated for the Senate in 2007,” said Waters in a statement.
“I take full responsibility for this grave mistake and oversight. I am deeply sorry for the impact that it will have.”
(Excerpt) Read more at nationalpost.com ...
we need same rule
there are thousands of dual nationals working in the federal gov’t and many hold top security clearances
Now she has to learn to talk with a different accent, eh?
Royt mate!
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Darn!
There you go poisoning the well with facts and reality.
Shame on you.
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He was born in a foreign country with foreign parentage. He was made a US citizen by statute.
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.
> he was never a Canadian.
Yep - took a while but Cruz is back in my good graces - I’m sure he’ll be overwhelmed with delight to hear that.......
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?
He was born an American citizen because his mother was an american citizen.
Spraying your stupid lies gets really old.
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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.
> There was no need to renounce the citizenship that he didn’t have.
Don’t be ridiculous. He DID 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
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