- Elon Musk is the subject of a new petition with 100,000 signatures
- He has been working closely with President Donald Trump
- The billionaire is leading DOGE
Elon Musk is under scrunity for his role in US President Donald Trump’s adminstration
The billionaire is a triple passport holder who holds US, South African and Canadian citizenship. However, a petiiton going through Canada’s parliament is trying take him down a peg.
It is calling on the outgoing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to revoke Musk’s status as Canadian, which he got via his mother Maye. She was born in the town of Regina.
NDP MP Charlie Angus has introduced a petition to the PM calling for him to revoke Elon Musk's dual citizenship status, and revoke his Canadian passport "effective immediately." #cdnpoli pic.twitter.com/u836W1bjQJ
— Stuart Benson (@LeftHandStu) February 22, 2025
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Why is their a petition trying to remove Elon Musk as a Canadian citizen?
Well, the petition argues that Musk’s work with Trump’s White House undermines Canadian sovereignty.
For example, he recently called Canada “not a real country”.
Elon Musk called Canada "not a real country"
— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) February 25, 2025
The billionaire was reacting to a petition demanding that he be stripped of his Canadian citizenship, which by now has been signed by about 230,000 people. https://t.co/fFEceqBPme pic.twitter.com/E11GLRzOkL
Along with Vivek Ramaswamy, the SpaceX CEO is heading up the Department Of Goverment Efficiency, otherwise known as DOGE. The meme-inspired enteprise seeks to eradicate goverment ‘waste’ and cut so-called redundant functions.
The petition accuses the Tesla founder of being involved “in activities that go against the national interest of Canada” by acting as an adviser to President Trump. It adds that the billionaire has become “a member of a foreign government that is attempting to erase Canadian sovereignty.”
What is Trump doing to Canada?
Trump’s winning attempt to retake the Oval Office involved a lot of threats of put tariffs on Canadian exports to the US. This has led to a heated back and forth between the US president and Trudeau.
Trump has also threatened to annex the neighbouring country and make it the 51st state.
Trudeau gave a firm response to the threatened import taxes on steel and aluminum, dubbing them “entirely unjustified” while asserting Canada would react back “if it comes to that”.
It took *one day* for the petition to revoke Elon Musk’s Canadian citizenship on the basis of treason to jump from 17k to 148k
— James Rosen-Birch ⚖️🕊️ (@provisionalidea) February 24, 2025
(and these are validated signatures by Canadian citizens, spanning all provinces and territories) https://t.co/tQKrFZkIBs pic.twitter.com/sWbaMxprfF
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The Canadian leader added, “Tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum would be entirely unjustified.”
Justin Trudeau next time he sees Trump pic.twitter.com/e8qBpjzmGJ
— 🍉 (@RetroBoominati) February 21, 2025
How many signatures has the petition got?
The petition, which has been supported publicly by Charlie Angus MP, has racked up more than 230,000 backers and counting.
More than 230,000 Canadians have signed a petition asking the country’s prime minister to revoke Elon Musk’s citizenship and passport, accusing the tech billionaire of joining a “foreign government that is attempting to erase Canadian sovereignty.” https://t.co/ddsy3b0S5V
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) February 25, 2025
When an e-petition needs 500 signatories to be presented to Parliament’s House of Commons.
