Over 250,000 Canadians have signed a parliamentary petition demanding Canada revoke Elon Musk’s citizenship and passport.
Musk’s friendship with US President Donald Trump, who intends to put a 25% tariff on all Canadian imports next month and has advocated annexing the country as the 51st state, is “against the national interest of Canada,” the petitioners argue.
Since the 47th president began his second term last month, the tech mogul, a South African, Canadian, and American citizen, has emerged as one of Trump’s most important allies.
“He has used his wealth and power to influence our elections,” the petition states. “He has now become a member of a foreign government that is attempting to erase Canadian sovereignty.”
Musk responded to news of the petition on his social media network X, writing, “Canada is not a real country.”
The petition, addressed to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, requests that he “revoke Elon Musk’s dual citizenship status and revoke his Canadian passport effective immediately.”
Significant legal issues exist about the government’s authority to cancel Musk’s legally acquired citizenship.
Musk, born in Pretoria, South Africa, previously stated that as a teenager, he received a Canadian passport from his mother, Maye Musk, who was born in Canada. The billionaire got US citizenship a decade after entering the US on a student visa.
According to Canada’s House of Commons, an electronic parliamentary petition must have at least five Canadians’ initial support, the authorisation of a member of parliament, and an initial evaluation before it may begin to collect signatures.
The petition to revoke Musk’s citizenship is open until June 20, 2025, at which point the clerk of petitions must certify that at least 500 of the signatures are valid. From then, the petition must wait until a new session of parliament begins before being presented to the House of Commons for deliberation.
Trump’s frequent statements of wanting to declare Canada the “51st state” have elicited mixed reactions in Canada, with the US president even insulting Trudeau on social media as the “Governor” of Canada.
Trudeau warned a gathering of private sector CEOs in early February that Trump’s threat to annex Canada “is real,” according to two business leaders who witnessed the prime minister’s remarks.
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