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> Peter Jennings (also RIP) and Alex Trebek are usually the first two that come to mind. But they are americans. They chose to immigrate to the US and become a
by disown 6y ago
> Peter Jennings (also RIP) and Alex Trebek are usually the first two that come to mind.
But they are americans. They chose to immigrate to the US and become americans. They didn't choose to be canadians. The only reason anyone knows about them is because of what they achieved in america as americans. They couldn't choose where they were born, but they could choose where they lived and died. Both chose america.
> One of the favorite pastimes Canadians have is that of pointing out Canadians whom people think are Americans.
Isn't it more like canadians pointing out the people who left canada to become americans? Isn't it rather pointing out canada as a failure and america as a success?
- dragonwriter 6y agoContrary to popular mythology (mythology that is reinforced by the text of the citizenship oath but repeatedly rejected by US courts as representing the actual law), you don't (unless the foreign country requires it) have to give up foreign citizenship or nationality when becoming a US citizen, so generally people who become Americans retain whatever nationality they had before in a very real and legal sense as well as potentially retaining their former national identity. So, no, “immigrated to the US” does not mean “stopped being Canadian”, in either the sense of identity or legal citizenship.
- mikehodgson 6y agoOf course they chose to be Canadian. You can renounce citizenship, see: Conrad Black.