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Originally Posted by ken0042
Actually, the way I see it the two tier system is created by the person deciding to hold citizenship in more than one country. From the quote, it says it would only affect Canadians who also hold citizenship in another country. It does not say it doesn't affect Canadians who were born here.
I was born in Canada and only hold Canadian citizenship. However if I were to move to the UK and become a British citizen as well, I could risk my Canadian citizenship if I were to commit treason.
I could see this happen. I know of immigrants who have children born in Canada, so those children are Canadian citizens. I have also seen those people move back to their original country with those children. The kids end up having dual citizenship. If one of those kids commits treason, they would also risk losing their Canadian citizenship.
I could also see this being a case where you could avoid this by renouncing your UK citizenship. I wouldn't recommend this; as there are obvious benefits to holding both, and the odds of you commiting treason are likely low. But that is your choice; to be 100% Canadian or 50-50. (Like I said not a bad thing; I'd become a UK citizen if I could.)
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How about the kids who are citizens of another country because their parents made them citizens of another country while they were children and really had no choice?