Legally I don’t know that we can revoke citizenship
I don’t think so - the only time citizenship can be revoked is if it was fraudulently acquired, as far as I know.
The article does a pretty good job of outlining the ways Canada could (and should, to be frank) make things difficult for a province that has declared independence, though.
I don’t think so - the only time citizenship can be revoked is if it was fraudulently acquired, as far as I know.
We can revoke citizenship if parliament changes the Citizenship Act as part of a secession negotiation. The supreme court will put constitutional guardrails on it but it’s absolutely possible.
The boring answer is that if a province is going to seceed, it will require a negotiated settlement between the said province and Canada, and such a settlement will absolutely contain agreements around what happens with the citizenships of that province’s residents.
I don’t think so - the only time citizenship can be revoked is if it was fraudulently acquired, as far as I know.
The article does a pretty good job of outlining the ways Canada could (and should, to be frank) make things difficult for a province that has declared independence, though.
We can revoke citizenship if parliament changes the Citizenship Act as part of a secession negotiation. The supreme court will put constitutional guardrails on it but it’s absolutely possible.
The boring answer is that if a province is going to seceed, it will require a negotiated settlement between the said province and Canada, and such a settlement will absolutely contain agreements around what happens with the citizenships of that province’s residents.
They could also still make Canadians living in Alberta pay income tax.