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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Technology
Ramon Antonio Vargas

More than 200,000 Canadians sign petition to revoke Musk’s citizenship

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Elon Musk speaks during the annual Conservative Political Action Conference in Oxon Hill, Maryland, on Thursday. Photograph: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images

More than 200,000 people from Canada have signed a parliamentary petition calling for their country to strip Elon Musk’s Canadian citizenship because of the tech billionaire’s alliance with Donald Trump, who has spent his second US presidency repeatedly threatening to conquer its independent neighbor to the north and turn it into its 51st state.

The British Columbia author Qualia Reed launched the petition in Canada’s House of Commons, where it was sponsored by the New Democrat parliamentary member and avowed Musk critic Charlie Angus, as the Canadian Press first reported over the weekend.

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