Summary
A Canadian parliamentary petition to revoke Elon Musk’s citizenship has gathered over 150,000 signatures.
Launched by author Qualia Reed and sponsored by MP Charlie Angus, the petition accuses Musk of undermining Canada’s sovereignty due to his ties to Trump, who has repeatedly suggested annexing Canada.
Musk is a Canadian citizen through his mother. The petition will be presented to the House of Commons, which resumes on March 24.
Do it Canada! Do not hesitate.
It’s at 166k now
166k + 1 now
infinity
infinity plus one
d’oh!
Musk is a Canadian citizen through his mother
It’s the proof that Canada is hiding Nazis, it must be invaded!
In an ironic twist of 2025 that nobody saw coming, all of Putin’s “the bad guys are nazis!” rhetoric is no longer propaganda
Please don’t give us any ideas
How often do petitions actually affect change? I feel like I see petitions being mentioned a lot, but rarely do I see change as a reult. It feels like they are just another form of “thoughts and prayers”. You feel like you’re contributing something, but a few days go by and the collective amnesia sets in.
If anything its just another data mine for the political beliefs of potential dissidents. And before you say anything, yes, I am this much fun at parties as well
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How often do petitions actually affect change?
Never. The government lists 3,319 total petitions and the most popular one has 387,487 signatures which is less than 1% of the population. The petition was to call an early election. I would hope the government doesn’t dissolve itself every time less than 1% of people upvote a post.
The only example I know of where an online petition has had any effect is this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Turing#Government_apology_and_pardon
Offline petitions may sometimes have more effect because the barrier to entry is higher there.
I forgot he had Canadian citizenship, I wonder if any Republicans have enough of a spine to pressure him into relinquishing it.
I’ve been saying that since Elon came out as a lover of orange mushrooms, that Trump will somehow sell him birthright citizenship. But the theory thst the whole annex Canada shit solves that issue is intriguing.
Republicans don’t like Canada. All the speaking French and free healthcare and such.
It’s not free, taxes are what pay for healthcare.
You know what I mean, it’s free when you go to the doctor, no?
that’s “le docteur” to you
Canadians don’t like speaking French either haha
But we like French speakers because we know they aren’t American
Let’s not get too hasty there. Canada should focus on finding an extraditable offense for this Canadian citizen. I doubt the US will extradite him, but others may. It sounds like Canada could make it hard for elon to travel if they tried.
Why?
Managing optics. Like quitting before they have a chance to fire you kind of thing.
How does that help manage optics though?
Looks less weak.
Why? Lol just because you hate Trump? He’s not even living in Canada lol and that sets a dangerous precedent anyway. Pretty stupid and childish just because Trump called Canada the 51st state lmao
Here’s a deal. We will take Musk if the Toronto Maple Leafs win the cup this year.
Canada can do whatever it wants with it’s citizens, just like the US can deport their own citizens to Guantanamo or Salvador so they can not be protected by their constitutional rights.
It’s called sovereignty.
As a Canadian, I love it.
You know it’s serious because they didn’t even say “sorry.”
I personally know the dudes an immigrant, likely has applied for citizenship in places other then south Africa. He will always be an immigrant. He will never get the stink of not belonging here off him. I do not feel this way about other immigrants.
Elon Musk’s mother is Canadian.
There is no legal precedent for revoking citizenship like this. Why is this any better than Trump’s push to revoke citizenship for immigrants that he doesn’t like? There are better ways to handle this.
Because he is standing alongside Trump trying to make Canada part of the US.
IANAL, but that sounds like Canadian Treason. Revoking citizenship is the nicer way to handle it. That’s a hangin’ down here.
From up here, it looks like treason is rewarded with the highest office and immunity from all consequence 🧐
Touché.
And Trump would likely claim that the immigrants whose birthright citizenship he wants to revoke are “invading” the US.
I’m not saying that Elon Musk isn’t awful. I’m saying that revoking his citizenship isn’t the right way to deal with that. It’s not even legal to do so it’s a moot question to begin with.
We can’t simply disavow Canadian citizens like that. If a Canadian citizen does something awful then we should do something about it. Put out a warrant for whatever it is he’s up to. If you think he’s a traitor, check the laws on treason and see if he qualifies for an actual charge.
That’s a hangin’ down here.
Canada does not have the death penalty.
Lol. “Use the laws against him!” Good idea 🙄 Its not like money buys politicians and judges and freedom in basically any place on earth when you have that much of it /s
Btw I don’t know anyone who refers to Canada as “down here”. Pretty sure they mean the US.
Lol. “Use the laws against him!” Good idea 🙄
What, you’re suggesting an “extrajudicial” revoking of his citizenship, then? How would that work? Why is that remotely a good idea? A government that ignores laws and just does whatever comes to mind is exactly the problem here.
Btw I don’t know anyone who refers to Canada as “down here”. Pretty sure they mean the US.
Yes, obviously. I’m pointing out a significant difference between the two countries.
How many people commit treason for there to be any precedent
I figure that at some point you become so rich that you transcend nationality. That sounds complimentary, but I don’t mean it that way.
I mean it makes you an illegal alien wherever you might set foot. Pretoria, Ontario, Silicon Valley, Washington DC, Olympus Mons; GTFO. None of that belongs to you. Not any more. Persona non grata. You’ve taken so much that you owe literally everyone and should not be welcome anywhere.
While I don’t think it’s possible to revoke his citizenship it might be possible to try him for treason against ‘his’ country.
Por qué no los dos?
There is precedent to revoke his citizenship.
In the 1980s, there was another extremist who used his international media platform to spew hate and disinformation. His name was Ernst Zundel. He continually laughed at Canada’s laws against hate speech. He was ultimately jailed and then deported from our country.
(FYI Charlie Angus is a Member of Parliament in Canada.)
https://charlieangus.substack.com/p/musk-doesnt-deserve-canadian-citizenship
Edit to fix word
(FYI Charlie Angus is a Minister of Parliament in Canada.)
Member of Parliament. He’s a part of the NDP opposition party. Ministers are heads of ministries, which are like departments, and ministers have traditionally been from the governing party.
You’re right. My bad.
Why do a lot of you do this nonsense. You’re swinging for the fences and play right into the hands of the right when you put all your effort into comments like “he can be tried for treason” just swing lower and stop the dramatics. He can be tried for being a piece of shit. He can be tried for all the hormone therapy he’s done. He can be tried for being a billionaire and still banging only 4s
Will Canada adopt me so I can sign the petition as well?
had no idea he held canadian citizenship.
I believe by birthright. Iirc, his mother is Canadian
If I were the Queen of America, I would have Elon tried for treason, I’d also have ICE remove everyone from their detention centers but not close it completely, they’d now have the job of Violating the fuck out of Elon’s 8th Amendment rights.
Can Americans sign this petition also?
It’s nearly impossible to relinquish your own citizenship, how many people is it gonna take to take someone else’s citizenship?
It would only take one, actually.
Don’t care, still want to sign it.
In like the 1940s Elon Musk’s grandfather was a chiropractor in Regina, Saskatchewan and was arrested by the RCMP for being a central figure in an organization that was trying to overthrow the government and install a technocracy. I’m not kidding.
After that is when he fucked off to South Africa to partake in the Apartheid.
I realy want to belive this to be true, but I have to ask for a source on this one.
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Supervisor: Hey, um, I think you forgot to include sources in your thesis?
Grad student: You can also look up a source. It’s real easy these days, with the little supercomputers in all our pockets.
Upvoting under the assumption that this was /s
Grad student says what the deleted comment said. So yes.
Some people like to converse with others, we’re not all robots.
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Condescending, then gets upset for being called out for it; then doubles down, instead of recognizing the problem is, in fact, being condescending. Which, to recap, you began and then continued.
Bravo, bravo slow clap. I almost feel like I should expect a shrill cry to speak to the manager or something.
Lol. If you consider what they said an insult, what you said is certainly one by your own standards. Maybe don’t be shitty to people for no reason if you’re concerned about such things.
we’re not all robots
Sounds like something a robot would say…
Beep boop beep boop
I mean…
What YOU said sounds like something a robot would say… 🤔
That’s how I feel every time someone makes that stupid remark… if I didn’t want to interact with people, I wouldn’t be online, duh. I especially love being able to ask questions in real-time and verify the answers when it’s important to me.
For me, it’s not even about the interaction. “Do your own research” is conspiracy ideologists language for “trust me brah” and we should be better than that. Whatever they claim may simply not be true and “look it up yourself” is just a means to waste everybody’s time because there isn’t anything to look up. Not to mention, whoever made the claim should already have at least an idea where they got the claim so why send everybody on a wild goose chase when they can simply link to it?
I almost always include links, but not always when it’s something I’ve already linked to dozens of times. In that case, I figure if people are interested enough, they’ll want to do their own research… and if they’re not, then I’m not gonna continue wasting my time just because someone wants to argue again.
Especially since the emerald mine thing turned out to be a hoax.
What hoax?
From his own mouth:
but my father also had a share in an Emerald mine in Zambia.
https://www.snopes.com/news/2022/11/17/elon-musk-emerald-mine/
Here’s a summary of our findings: We located reporting from as far back as 2009 and 2014 that said when Elon Musk (“Elon” hereafter) was a child in South Africa in the 1980s, his father (“Errol” hereafter) at some point owned “a stake in an emerald mine” near Lake Tanganyika in Zambia, not South Africa. Beyond that, we were unable to find any evidence that showed money generated from his father’s involvement in the mine helped Elon build his wealth in North America.
I once owned a share of Microsoft, therefore I owe any success to that.
There’s a two parter behind the bastards that also goes into this
Is there a way to get a source for behind the bastards without ads? Like some podcasts let you pay a subscription and you get access to an ad free version
So Iheart has a subscription. Gets you access to their content ad free
Oh nice so that gets you like a link to be able to use your own podcast downloader?
Yeah it’s called an RSS feed. Every podcast has an RSS link, and that’s how your podcast app connects and gets all the episode information and the stream. Some apps may not have the podcast you’re looking for in the search function (or maybe there’s more than one, like an ad free stream), and you can manually add whatever podcast if you have the link.
Interestingly, YouTube channels and subreddits are also RSS feeds. There are apps that allow you to compile the links together, so all of your podcasts, YouTube subscriptions, subreddits, and many more things that you follow on the internet, could all be combined into one app/page, free of ads and other distractions and annoyances on the originating sites. I use the program FreshRSS for this exact purpose, and it’s wonderful having everything I want to see combined on my home page.
Yea, Apple Podcasts or iHeartRadio has that.
I don’t blame you, because what the fuck lol: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_N._Haldeman
Thanks. And wow… Just… Wow.
