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Canada revokes citizenship of Toronto 18 ringleader using new anti-terror law
The government used its new power to revoke the citizenship of convicted terrorists for the first time on Friday against the imprisoned ringleader of the 2006 al-Qaida-inspired plot to detonate truck bombs in downtown Toronto. Zakaria Amara was notified in a letter sent to the Quebec penitentiary where is he serving a life sentence that he is no longer a Canadian. He still holds citizenship in Jordan and could be deported there following his release from prison.
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What happens if one does not have dual citizenship and your citizenship is revoked? This seems almost un-Canadian.
Then you become stateless, and I'm certain that brings about a whole huge mess of problems. I didn't think that was really done in this day and age though. A stateless person is somebody not controlled by any government and that is dangerous to the establishment. I would have figured there was a treaty or something that stopped a country from rendering a person stateless, but I guess not if this is happening!
I guess a stateless person could always live in an airport. I think that happened in the past, but I can't remember the specifics. I dump my data every night.
Why in an airport? Are they considered International zones or something like that?
Seems my memory wasn't entirely correct. Link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4097939.stm
It's what happens in the Steven Spielberg's movie The Terminal, with Tom Hanks. It is loosely based on the true story of Mehran Karimi Nasseri, who lived in Paris' Charles-de-Gaules International Airport for 17 years.
This is a dangerous precedent for any state of right country's government. I've been ashamed of my federal government ever since Harper got first elected, but somehow, he always finds new ways to surprise me with xenophobia, demagogy, anti-democracy, ignorance, ideological based decisions that have nothing to do with facts, good sense or citizens' benefit.
F that guy! Nice job Canada.