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NDP's Mulcair Will Keep French Citizenship

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First Posted: 01/17/2012 8:10 am Updated: 03/18/2012 5:12 am

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Toronto Sun:

NDP leadership hopeful Thomas Mulcair holds dual Canadian and French citizenship and vows to keep both even if he should one day become Canada's prime minister.

That would set Mulcair at odds with the man he seeks to succeed, Jack Layton. Layton, in 2006, said he thought it inappropriate that Stephane Dion hold dual French and Canadian citizenship as leader of the Liberal Party.

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NDP leadership hopeful Thomas Mulcair holds dual Canadian and French citizenship and vows to keep both even if he should one day become Canada's prime minister. That would set Mulcair at odds with ...
NDP leadership hopeful Thomas Mulcair holds dual Canadian and French citizenship and vows to keep both even if he should one day become Canada's prime minister. That would set Mulcair at odds with ...
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08:31 PM on 01/17/2012
Thomas Mulclair is a French-Canadian, not an immigrant from France. Canadian's can legally hold dual citizenship. It is a right. This is a non-issue, being used to disrupt solidarity with progressive Quebec.
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