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Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is a dual Canada-U.S. citizen
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| Contributor | IndyGeorgia |
| Last Edited | IndyGeorgia Oct 03, 2019 06:44pm |
| Category | News |
| News Date | Oct 03, 2019 04:10pm |
| Description | Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is a dual citizen of Canada and the United States.
The Globe and Mail reported Thursday that Scheer's father is an American by birth and passed along the citizenship to Scheer and his siblings.
Daniel Schow, a spokesperson for the party, confirmed Thursday Scheer decided to renounce the citizenship after he became Conservative leader.
Schow said Scheer started the processing of renouncing his citizenship in August, before the federal election campaign started, and the paperwork is now being processed by the U.S. government.
"Like millions of Canadians, one of Mr. Scheer's parents was born in another country and immigrated to Canada to start a family. He and his sisters received United States passports as children and Mr. Scheer has not renewed his as an adult. He has not voted in any United States election," Schow said in a statement.
The current wait time to renounce U.S. citizenship is roughly nine to 10 months for applications filed at the U.S. embassy in Ottawa.
When asked Thursday why he has not previously disclosed his U.S. ancestry, Scheer said nobody ever asked him. |
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