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Originally Posted by Zulu29
Just so I'm clear on this, I'm a dual citizen, was born in Canada and have never set foot in the other country I'm a citizen of. If I committed a crime that the state considered serious enough, I could be stripped of my Canadian citizenship and be deported to a country that I've never been to before? Seems pretty harsh.
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That is indeed correct.
I think I read somewhere that Khadr has never been to Egypt but that's where he'd be deported to.
If you volunteered to help a developing country and they said you were a terrorist because you came from one of the Devil's Western countries and were sentenced to 5 years in prison then Stephen Harper would have the discretion via the cabinet to revoke your citizenship and deport you to the country your parents were from despite you have never having stepped foot on that country's soil.
Essentially you'd have to challenge that ruling as a violation of your Charter rights, which would be difficult for you to do from the prision in another country. Even after you get out, how do you get into Canada as a non-Canadian convicted terrorist to make your case and face your accuser, the Harper Government (I'd normally say Government of Canada but the official name changed)?
Got to love the lack of due process in this. It's wonderfully democratic!