[xzins]

I’d like to know the date his father applied for Canadian citizenship, and the date his father received Canadian citizenship.

[kabar]

Rafael Cruz is quoted as saying, "I worked in Canada for eight years. And while I was in Canada, I became a Canadian citizen." Since multiple sources state that he moved to Texas in 1975, this would suggest that his time in Canada stretched from roughly 1967 to 1975, and this 1974 Calgary voters list offers at least some substantiation.

The senior Cruz further asserted that he renounced his Canadian citizenship when he finally became a U.S. citizen in 2005. Asked why he had taken so long -- almost half a century since he had left Cuba and three decades since his return from Canada -- he replied, "I don't know. I guess laziness, or -- I don't know."