Go dig thru this article and see if anything makes sense to you.
“If a child was born in the territory, he is Canadian, period,” said France Houle,
a law professor at the University of Montreal. “He can ask for a passport. He can vote.”
The fact that Cruz left Canada when he was 4 doesn’t affect his status there, either.
“If you leave when you’re 2 minutes old, you’re still an American. It’s the same in
Canada,” said Allison Christians, a law professor at McGill University in Montreal.
“He’s a Canadian citizen.”
Having practiced international tax law in the U.S. for 25 years, Christians has made a
close study of citizenship rules. They often come into play in tax cases.
“They can feel as American as they want. But the question of citizenship is determined by
the law of the territory in which you were physically born,” she said. “It’s not up
to the Cruz family to decide whether they’re citizens.”
Thanks-—nice deconstruction.