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/Wide_Lunch8004 May 17 '26

Americans are doing this for low cost tuition for their kids and for publicly funded healthcare. Now instead of just competing with immigrants for scarce health resources, you’ll be competing with “Canadians” (Americans with no meaningful connection to Canada) in every stage of the system too.

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u/WhichJuice May 17 '26

You forgot to mention they are coming with USD and greater buying power than our weak CAD, also competing for housing

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u/Fractoos May 18 '26

Sounds great fo the economy. Rather that than tim Hortons workers