Probably fair for both countries to consider him theirs.
If Weir applied for American citizenship, would he no longer be Canadian?
Who's the more Canadian, the one from Trinidad who choses to live in Calgary. Or the one from Canada who choses to live in Utah? I'm not sure the answer to that.
Citizenship is just a document. I may apply for American citizenship at some point, if I need it for a job or something. I wouldn't feel any less Canadian. Although I do feel somewhat less Canadian than I did when I lived there. I'll probably also apply for my son's Canadian citizenship at some point, but as much as I'd like to Consider him Canadian, it's pretty hard seeing as he's never lived there.
I did hear nbc say more than once, "Ames, the pride of Trinidad and Tobago, who now calls Calgary, Canada home"
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