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   From: Çons@30%   
      
   "Dave Smith"  wrote in message   
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   > I am still wondering about his French citizenship. It would not have been   
   much of an issue   
   > had the previous leader of the NDP not made a deal about a Liberal candidate   
   having it.   
      
      
   I'll bet Vic Toews still has citizenship in Paraguay - unless he's got   
   ex-wives looking for   
   alimony from him there.   
      
   Steven Fletcher, Manitoba Conservative, was born in Brazil. He says, "I was   
   eligible [for   
   Brazilian citizenship] but chose not to take it because I didn't want to be   
   drafted into the   
   army."   
      
   Rahim Jaffer, Alberta Conservative, was born in Uganda. He came to Canada as a   
   refugee, so he   
   does not maintain any citizenship claims with Uganda.   
      
   Myron Thompson, Alberta Conservative, was born in the United States. He holds   
   dual citizenship.   
      
   John Williams, Alberta Conservative, was born in Scotland. His spokesperson   
   couldn't comment on   
   his citizenship.   
      
   Tony Clement, Ontario Conservative, was born in England. His office did not   
   return calls.   
      
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   Ontario Liberal MP Omar Alghabra: "I think [the request to renounce Dion's   
   citizenship] is   
   really an attempt to distract us from real issues. Dual citizenship in our   
   country is embraced   
   and allowed. It's really shameful that we start questioning people's loyalty.   
   Dion put his neck   
   on the line for Canada's unity in the '90s, it's his decision what to do."   
      
   Ezra Levant, a conservative pundit and publisher of the Western Standard, led   
   the charge,   
   criticizing Dion's choice by saying the new Liberal leader could be unduly   
   influenced by   
   France, "a country that has taken up the role of lawyer and arms dealer for   
   every terrorist   
   state in the world."   
      
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   Levant forgot about the "role of lawyer and arms dealer for every terrorist   
   state in the world"   
   that the United States has played.   
      
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