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Originally Posted by kirant
This brings up an interesting question for me: Do the terrorism offenses need to be charges Canada recognizes? I mean, what happens if John Smith gets convicted in another country of terrorism for putting up pictures of Nicolas Cage? It's a crime that isn't recognized in Canada, but he fits the model...so is he, by technical reasoning, possible to strip of citizenship? The article's wording implies he would be.
Of course, eligibility and recognition of the crime in Canada would go a long way. The big aspect here I think is "could". There is no requirement that the government of Canada do it because they were charged and convicted.
I suspect that even debating such a topic in the House of Commons, without widespread support of Canadian citizens to do something about it, would be political suicide for any party to put forth. I mean, Khadr is a divisive topic if he were to be put on trial through this bill and he's probably the most extreme example we've seen in ages.
I suspect practical application of the bill would be pretty much on the side of "useless" or "obvious applications" since parties are (typically) smart enough to avoid any moderate examples. Actual power may be fairly suspect if it works the way I think it does...but practical power seems pretty much limited to either do it because most people want you to, or just don't even attempt it since it'll cost your party the next election.
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Well seeing how Khadr was tortured until he confessed, and at most he would have been a child solider; if we're going to reject his citizenship then all you need is a conviction regardless of the circumstances.