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Originally Posted by savevp
In my experience, there is more resentment toward Canadians who jump ship to the US than those Canadians of convenience in farther flung lands that we never see. It feels like a betrayal or selling-out.
Though this resentment probably doesn't apply much to Canadian citizens living in countries we have cultural affinity toward like Australia, NZ, or the UK. Or perhaps France.
It's worth noting that most of the Western world applies citizenship by blood rather than land of birth. It seems to be a practice largely confined to the Americas. So if Rafik from Beirut spent a year in Melbourne and had a kid before flying home, Australia isn't evacuating that kid.
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You’re talking two different things.
Very few Americans or Australians “immigrate” to Canada and obtain citizenship only to return to their original country. It’s the ones who live in unstable countries who do that, only to return home when the situation seems more stable. And of course they expect Canada to bail them out years after they’ve left our shores.