Experts say an independent Albertan wouldn’t be entitled to Canadian citizenship

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    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.

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      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.