More than 250,000 Canadian residents have signed a parliamentary petition urging Canada to revoke Elon Musk’s citizenship and passport.
Musk’s relationship with US President Donald Trump, who plans to levy a 25% tariff on all Canadian imports next month and proposed annexing the country as the 51st state, is “against the national interest of Canada,” the petitioners claim.
The tech billionaire, a citizen of South African, Canada, and the US, has become one of Trump’s main allies since the 47th president began his second term last month.
“He has used his wealth and power to influence our elections,” the petition claims. “He has now become a member of a foreign government that is attempting to erase Canadian sovereignty.”
In a response to news about the petition, Musk wrote on his social media network X that “Canada is not a real country.”
The petition, addressed to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, demands that he “revoke Elon Musk’s dual citizenship status, and revoke his Canadian passport effective immediately.”
There are serious legal doubts as to the ability of the government to revoke Musk’s legally obtained citizenship.
Musk, who was born in Pretoria, South Africa, has previously said that he obtained a Canadian passport as a teenager through his mother, Maye Musk, who was born in Canada. The billionaire later obtained US citizenship a decade after arriving in the US on a student visa.
An electronic parliamentary petition requires the initial support of at least five Canadians, the authorization of a member of parliament, and an initial review before it can start to gather signatures, according to Canada’s House of Commons.
The petition to revoke Musk’s citizenship is open until June 20, 2025, after which the clerk of petitions will have to certify that at least 500 of its signatures are legitimate. From there, the petition must wait until a new session of parliament opens before it can be presented to the House of Commons for debate.
Trump’s frequent statemnt of intent to make Canada the “51st state,” has relocated mixed reactions in Canada as the US president has gone as far as mocking Trudeau on social media as the “Governor” of Canada.
In early February, Trudeau warned a gathering of private sector executives that Trump’s threat to annex Canada “is a real thing,” according to two business leaders who heard the prime minister’s remarks.
