More than 250,000 Canadian residents signed a parliamentary petition urging Canada to revoke Elon Musk’s citizenship and passport.
Petitioners claim Musk’s relationship with U.S. President Donald Trump plans to impose a 25% tariff on all Canadian imports next month and proposes to impose the country as its 51st state, a “violation” Canada’s national interest.”
The tech billionaire is a citizen of South Africa, Canada and the United States, and has become one of Trump’s main allies since the 47th president began his second term last month.
“He used his wealth and power to influence our elections,” the petition claimed. “He has now become a member of a foreign government trying to erase Canada’s sovereignty.”
In response to news about the petition, Musk wrote on his social media network: “Canada is not a real country.”
The petition sent a letter to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau asking him to “revoke Elon Musk’s dual citizenship and immediately revoke his Canadian passport.”
There are serious legal questions about the government’s ability to revoke Musk’s legally obtained citizenship.
Musk, born in Pretoria, South Africa, had previously said he had obtained a Canadian passport through his teenager of his mother, Maye Musk, who was born in Canada. The billionaire later obtained U.S. citizenship ten years after obtaining a student visa.
According to Canada’s House of Commons, an electronic parliamentary petition requires initial support from at least five Canadians, authorizing members of parliament and preliminary review before the collection of signatures can begin.
The petition to revoke Musk’s citizenship is open until June 20, 2025, after which the petition will have to prove that its at least 500 signatures are legal. From there, the petition must wait until a new meeting in Congress begins before it can be submitted to the House of Commons for debate.
Trump often intends to make Canada the “51st state” because the U.S. president mocked Trudeau on social media for being “governor” of Canada and therefore relocated differently.
In early February, Trudeau warned that Trump’s threat to Canadian annexation “is a real thing” gathering, according to two business leaders who heard the prime minister’s speech.
