>On Sun, 17 Dec 2006 01:11:31 +0000, Don Aitken wrote:
>On Sat, 16 Dec 2006 11:04:55 -0500, George Nixon
>wrote:
>
>>Cossack jeanmarcmetrailler@... said:
>>> I see no problem with Dion having a French citizenship. There have been
>>> prime ministers with english citizenship, I see no problem with Dion
>>> ahveing a french one. It really in no way effects his abilities to be a
>>> good party leader or prime minister.
>>>
>>Especially since Harper was born in raised in Toronto and pretends to be from
>>the American state of Montana North (aka: Alberta).
>
>Although the Governor-General was required to give up the French
>citizenship which she acquired by marriage, on the ground that it was
>"inappropriate" for a dual citizen to occupy the position. That never
>made any sense to me, but I suppose it doesn't have to, since I'm not
>Canadian.
She chose to give up French citizenship of her own volition. No law
"required" her to do so. |