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Topics: Elon Musk, Donald Trump, Canada, Politics
Callum Jones
Topics: Elon Musk, Donald Trump, Canada, Politics
A petition to revoke Elon Musk's Canadian citizenship has received over 250,000 signatures amid his continued involvement with the Trump administration.
Within the 47th POTUS' government, Musk heads up the Department for Government Efficiency (DOGE), which is tasked with cutting federal costs, modernizing federal technology, ending fraud and a waste of taxpayer money while improving overall governmental productivity.
It appears the Twitter owner's association with Trump has sparked the petition, with the president planning to levy a 25 percent tariff on all Canadian imports next month.
Speaking shorty before the hiked tariffs were detailed earlier this month, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said: "We’re ready with a response, a purposeful, forceful but reasonable, immediate response."
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As a response, Canada is imposing 25 percent tariffs on CA $155 billion of US goods.
Trudeau explained: "It will have real consequences for you, the American people. The actions taken by the White House split us apart instead of bringing us together."
Now, a petition calling for Musk's Canadian citizenship to be revoked has gained massive traction amid his close relationship with President Trump.
"Elon Musk has engaged in activities that go against the national interest of Canada," the petition claims. "He has used his wealth and power to influence our elections."
It adds: "He has now become a member of a foreign government that is attempting to erase Canadian sovereignty; and the attempts of Elon Musk to attack Canadian sovereignty must be addressed.
"We, the undersigned, citizens of Canada, call upon the Prime Minister to revoke Elon Musk's dual citizenship status, and revoke his Canadian passport effective immediately."
In a now deleted Twitter post, the Tesla CEO claimed that Canada is 'not a real country' after he obtained a Canadian passport through his mother, who was born there.
Musk, who was born in South Africa, also holds US citizenship.
Qualia Reed, the petition's creator, penned on Bluesky: "To (be) clear, this action I started, and all of you are spreading and growing, isn’t about personal attacks.
"It’s about ensuring that those who influence global policies and industries know that the people are not okay with their lack of ethical responsibility."
However, even if the Canadian government wanted to revoke Musk's citizenship, it would have problems doing so.
Audrey Macklin, a law professor at the University of Toronto, told CNN: "Canada does not revoke citizenship that is lawfully obtained. This means that there is actually no way of revoking Elon Musk’s Canadian citizenship, unless he obtained it by fraud or misrepresentation."
UNILAD has reached out to Musk's representatives for comment.