Elon Musk responds to a petition regarding depriving him of Canada's citizenship.

“Canada is not a real state,” he wrote in the post on X Elon Muskresponding to petition regarding the deprive of Canadian citizenshipwhich was created last week. Then the billionaire deleted his entry, but it was noticed and published by Politico. As the date of its placement on the Internet, the website indicated Monday evening.

Appeal, in reference to which Musk wrote his comment, already in the first week he collected 316 thousand signatures. It can be supported for another four months. The petition draws attention to the suggestions repeated by the businessman Canada 51. USA And he demands that he take away Canadian citizenship. The billionaire has them thanks to his mother who was born in Regina, a medium -sized city in the province of Saskatchewan, in the southern part of the country.

The author of the petition is Qualia Reed, a writer with Colombia British. In the justification of the appeal, she referred not only to the last, undermining the sovereignty of Canada's remarks of Musk, but also his other, according to “reconciling the national interest” of activities. Reed also pointed out that the businessman is currently a “member of the foreign administration of a foreign state” and accused him of “using wealth and power” to interfere in the course of Canadian elections.

See also: “It's real madness.” Federal employees with a confusion caused by Musk

In the BlueSky post post, the Canadian post, published later on the platform, emphasized that the purpose of her petition was not personal attacking Musk, but “to make sure that people shaping global policy and industry know that other people do not agree with their lack of moral responsibility.” Gabriela Ramo, a lawyer specializing in immigration law, paid in an interview with the Canadian CBC TV station to the symbolic, from a legal point of view, the nature of petition.

The expert explained that Canada's legislation allows the possibility of receiving the already granted citizenship only if it is proved that the person applied for a fraud for this purpose or submitted false testimonies. To take away citizenship from Musk, the rulers would have to “make amendments to the current shape of the citizenship act,” Ramo said.

See also: Canada Ambassador: Trump's statements may be a violation of international law

As noted by the CBC station, last year the billionaire spoke about Canada in a different way. At the beginning of January 2024, Musk published a post on his platform, in which he announced that he “loves Canada”. Half a year earlier, he responded to information about the Canadian space program, informing his observers about how “he is proud of being a semi-sewage man.” He also added his photo in a T -shirt with the inscription “I Love Canada”.

In the summer of 2024, the businessman got involved in the election campaign Donald Trump. This one has recently several times He expressed the desire to include Canada in the United States. When the prime minister opposed his words Justin TrudeauMusk made a mocking one to X to him recent resignationwriting: “Girl, you are no longer a governor of CanadaSo it doesn't matter what you say. “In the USA, the governor is an official exercising the highest executive power.

Recent changes in US policy towards Canada led to a nearly two -time increase in support of the Liberal Canadian party. At the end of January, 20 percent of voters supported the ruling party. Currently, according to the results published on Wednesday poll Ipsos, it is already 38 percent. The next parliamentary elections in Canada are to take place this year.

See also: In the face of “insulting from Trump,” Canadian pride is growing “. They buy flags