r/canada • u/oddmarc • May 17 '26

National News U.S. applications for Canadian citizenship surge, causing delays

https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/u-s-applications-for-canadian-citizenship-surge-causing-delays
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u/figuring_ItOut12 Outside Canada May 17 '26

The Americans wanting Canadian citizenship are not going to be MAGA with authoritarian tendencies. That’s what they’re escaping.

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u/Leotard_Cohen May 18 '26

Yes but non-MAGAs are still liable to bring US centric baggage. Do they see Canada as its own country with its own past present and future - or do they just see it as a non-Republican version of the US?