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There is no Canadian law barring MPs or senators from holding dual citizenship; past reporting found at least 22 sitting parliamentarians held dual or triple citizenship and about 56 members were born...
Mark Carney’s decision to renounce his U.K. and Irish citizenships before taking office positions him as among high‑profile Canadian politicians, even though holding dual nationality is common across ...
’s possession of British and citizenships did prompt public and political scrutiny as he moved into Canadian politics, and he publicly initiated and later completed renunciations of those passports to...
Canada permits federal politicians to hold more than one nationality, and media research has repeatedly found dozens of sitting MPs and senators with second citizenships — though no single public rost...
Multiple Canadian politicians — past and present — have held dual (or multiple) citizenships; Canada does not bar dual citizens from sitting in Parliament, and examples span prime ministers, party lea...
Canada has no law or constitutional rule that bars members of Parliament — and therefore no rule that would bar a prime minister — from holding dual (or multiple) citizenships . The only formal eligib...
does not bar holders of foreign citizenship from running for or serving in federal office: Canadian law permits dual citizenship and the Canada Elections Act contains no blanket prohibition on members...
Canada permits elected officials to hold more than one nationality, and dual (or multiple) citizenship among federal parliamentarians — including senators — is a documented and longstanding reality ra...
Yes: at the federal level, a small number of Canada’s prime ministers and federal political leaders have held citizenship ties to other countries in the past — most clearly former prime minister John ...